Re: [building EPICS in RHEL-5 64bit] environment variables

[Alan Greer <ajg@observatorysciences.co.uk>]

I would recommend a visit to the EPICS site.

http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/extensions/index.php

http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/docs/GSWE.php




Pavel Masloff wrote:
> btw what's extensions?
>
> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Alan Greer 
> <ajg@observatorysciences.co.uk <mailto:ajg@observatorysciences.co.uk>> 
> wrote:
>     Pavel,
>
>     I just noticed you are building for 64 bit so you don't want
>     EPICS_HOST_ARCH=linux-x86 you probably want
>     EPICS_HOST_ARCH=linux-x86_64
>
>     Sorry about that.
>
>
>
>
>     Alan Greer wrote:
>
>         OK, then to install base I would do something like the following:
>
>         Setup a BASE location export
>
>         export BASE=/path/to/base
>
>         (Be warned I use "rm -rf" in places below as I have lifted
>         this from a script.  This is a recursive forced remove and
>         could potentially delete many files).
>         The lines below basically unpack the source code into two
>         subdirectories base and extensions.  I would set BASE to
>         something like
>
>         export BASE=~/applications/epics/R3-14-12-1
>
>         Then enter the following lines (or run from a script)
>
>          rm -rf $BASE/base
>          cp ./baseR3.14.12.1.tar.gz $BASE/baseR3.14.12.1.tar.gz
>          gunzip $BASE/baseR3.14.12.1.tar.gz
>          tar -xvf $BASE/baseR3.14.12.1.tar -C $BASE
>          rm -f $BASE/baseR3.14.12.1.tar
>          mv $BASE/base-3.14.12.1 $BASE/base
>          # Unpack the extensions sources
>          cp ./extensionsTop_20070703.tar.gz
>         $BASE/extensionsTop_20070703.tar.gz
>          gunzip $BASE/extensionsTop_20070703.tar.gz
>          tar -xvf $BASE/extensionsTop_20070703.tar -C $BASE
>          rm -f $BASE/extensionsTop_20070703.tar
>          # Update the EXTENSION_MSI link in the Makefile
>          sed "s/^EXTENSION_MSI.*/EXTENSION_MSI = msi1-5/"
>         $BASE/extensions/src/Makefile > Makefile.tmp
>          mv Makefile.tmp $BASE/extensions/src/Makefile
>          # Unpack the msi extension sources
>          cp ./msi1-5.tar.gz $BASE/extensions/src/msi1-5.tar.gz
>          gunzip $BASE/extensions/src/msi1-5.tar.gz
>          tar -xvf $BASE/extensions/src/msi1-5.tar -C $BASE/extensions/src
>          rm $BASE/extensions/src/msi1-5.tar
>
>         The files I used above are
>         baseR3.14.12.1.tar.gz
>         extensionsTop_20070703.tar.gz
>         msi1-5.tar.gz
>
>         Then...
>
>         # Export the required variables
>         export EPICS_BASE=$BASE/base
>         export EPICS_HOST_ARCH=linux-x86
>         export PATH=$PATH:$EPICS_BASE/bin/linux-x86
>         export PATH=$PATH:$EPICS_BASE/../extensions/bin/linux-x86
>
>          cd $BASE/base
>          make
>          make install
>          cd $BASE/extensions
>          make
>          make install
>
>
>         I'm sure there are better instructions in the many manuals and
>         tutorials that exist for EPICS.
>
>
>         Pavel Masloff wrote:
>
>             Thanks, I'd figured this already :))
>
>
>             On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Alan Greer
>             <ajg@observatorysciences.co.uk
>             <mailto:ajg@observatorysciences.co.uk>
>             <mailto:ajg@observatorysciences.co.uk
>             <mailto:ajg@observatorysciences.co.uk>>> wrote:
>
>                [ajg@osllx10 ~]$ export PATH=/temp/path
>                [ajg@osllx10 ~]$ echo $PATH
>                /temp/path
>                [ajg@osllx10 ~]$
>                [ajg@osllx10 ~]$ export EPICS_HOST_ARCH=linux-x86
>                [ajg@osllx10 ~]$ echo $EPICS_HOST_ARCH
>                linux-x86
>                [ajg@osllx10 ~]$
>
>
>
>                Pavel Masloff wrote:
>
>                    Hello everyone!
>
>                    How can I set the environment variables (PATH and
>                    EPICS_HOST_ARCH) in RHEL-5 64 bit?
>                    I ran the EpicsHostArch.pl script (>> perl
>             EpicsHostArch.pl),
>                    but this script only returns the variable, doesn't set
>                    anything. I check by running "dev" in the command line.
>
>                    And generally, what should one do to install the
>             epics base
>                    from scratch on a linux machine?
>                    Thanks.
>
>
>                    Pavel.
>
>                    --         Sincerely,
>
>                    Pavel Maslov, MSc
>                    R&D Institute for Electro-Physical Apparatus
>
>
>                    Mobile: +7 (951) 672 22 19
>                    Phone: +7 (812) 461 01 01
>
>
>
>
>
>             -- 
>             Sincerely,
>             Pavel Maslov, MSc
>             R&D Institute for Electro-Physical Apparatus
>
>
>             Mobile: +7 (951) 672 22 19
>             Phone: +7 (812) 461 01 01
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Sincerely,
>
> Pavel Maslov, MSc
> R&D Institute for Electro-Physical Apparatus
>
>
> Mobile: +7 (951) 672 22 19
> Phone: +7 (812) 461 01 01