Installation Instructions:
In order to compile and run the ISIP demo suite, three packages must be
installed: Java, Galaxy Communicator,
and the ISIP Repository.
Java:
- Go to the
Java Downloads page and download the package appropriate for
your system.
- Follow the installation instructions provided by Sun.
- In order to use any Java commands you should set your path to point
to the
/bin
directory of your Java installation. You
can do this by editing your .bash_profile
adding the
full directory path to the line that looks like
to make it look like (assuming version 1.4.2_02 in /usr
)
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_04/bin/
Galaxy Communicator:
- Download
Galaxy Communicator.
- Untar the file. (Example:
tar -zxvf GalaxyCommunicator-4.0.tar.gz
)
- Download the
ISIP Patch into the newly unpacked Galaxy Communicator directory.
- In the Galaxy Communicator directory type the following command to apply the patch:
patch -Np1 -i GalaxyCommunicator-4.0.patch
- Change directories to
/GalaxyCommunicator-4.0/templates
- Enter following commands:
ISIP Repository:
- Download and setup CVS. (Some linux installations
include CVS by default. To see if you have CVS already installed type
cvs --help
. If it displays the cvs commands then you already have it installed.
- Move to the directory in which you wish to install the repository.
- Enter the following command:
cvs -d :pserver:cvs@ftp.isip.msstate.edu:/isip/tools/cvsroot login
- When it asks for a password, simply hit return. There is no password for anonymous logins.
- Make a directory called isip (
mkdir isip
) and enter that directory.