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- From: mavuduru@exa.cs.umn.edu (Rama Mavuduru)
- Subject: Re: Where is SUIT?
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:13:00 GMT
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- In <Jan21.170449.66425@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> anderson@CS.ColoState.EDU (Chuck Anderson) writes:
-
- >Please post the ftp procedure for retrieving the University of
- >Virginia's SUIT (simple user interface toolkit) package. Thanks.
-
- Here's the relevant information from the SUIT README file:
-
- HOW TO GET THE SUIT DISTRIBUTION
- ========================================
- SUIT is available through anonymous ftp from
- uvacs.cs.virginia.edu (128.143.8.29). Each SUIT distribution
- package comes with full source code and documentation, though
- as explained below, the source and docs are available separately
- as well for those attempting to port SUIT to an architecture we do not
- yet support. To set a standard SUIT distribution package for your
- machine:
-
-
- 1.) On your system, make a directory that will hold the
- distribution. For example, in your home directory type:
-
- mkdir suit
-
- The process of installing the SUIT distribution causes SUIT to
- create a new directory underneath the one you've created here.
-
- 2.) Change your current directory to this new location:
-
- cd suit
-
- 3.) Type the following command:
-
- ftp 128.143.8.29
-
- You should see something that looks like:
-
- Connected to 128.143.8.29.
- 220 uvacs FTP server (SunOS 4.1) ready.
- Name (128.143.8.29:CookieMonster):
-
- where "CookieMonster" is your login ID.
-
-
- 4.) At this prompt, type:
-
- anonymous
-
- You should see something like this:
-
- 331 Guest login ok, send ident as password.
- Password:
-
- 5.) Please type in your local login ID as a courtesy. This will not be
- echoed back to you, so don't panic.
- You will see:
-
- 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
- ftp>
-
- 6.) cd into the SUIT directory by typing:
-
- cd /pub/suit/distribution
-
- 7.) cd into the directory named after the hardware platform
- you intend to use:
-
- cd <machine_type>
- where <machine_type> is one of:
-
- sparc
- sun3
- sgi
- rs6000
- for example:
- cd sparc
- OR
- cd sun3
- ETC.
-
- 8.) VERY IMPORTANT: set the ftp transfer to use binary mode
- Type:
- binary
-
- 9.) transfer the archive
- Type:
- get <machine_type>.tar.Z
-
- for example:
- get sparc.tar.Z
- OR
- get sun3.tar.Z
- ETC.
-
- This file is VERY large. Expect it to take
- several minutes to come over.
-
- 10.) leave ftp
- Type:
- quit
-
- 11.) uncompress the archive
- Type:
- uncompress < <machine_type>.tar.Z | tar xfh -
-
- for example:
- uncompress < sparc.tar.Z | tar xfh -
-
- 12.) CONGRATULATIONS! You've got yourself the SUIT library and header
- files! You can now safely remove the <machine_name>.tar file if you so
- desire.
-
- 13.) Follow the directions in the top level README file to prepare
- the SUIT distrbution for your site.
-
-
- GETTING SUIT SOURCE
- ===========================
- Full source code comes with each distribution package of SUIT
- (same source for all architectures).
-
- IF YOU ONLY WANT THE SOURCE, you can ftp it from uvacs, as
- described above
-
- ftp uvacs.cs.virginia.edu
- (Be sure to use binary transfer)
-
- in the file called
-
- /pub/suit/distribution/JustSource/src.tar.Z
-
-
-
- GETTING THE SUIT REFERENCE MANUAL
- =========================================
- Each standard distribution package of SUIT comes with a
- complete reference manual which describes the SUIT library
- calls. In the standard distribution, the manual comes in
- the form of a VERY long postscript file that prints out
- from last page to first.
-
- If it is more convenient for you to print the manual out from
- first page to last, or if you need just individual reference
- manual chapters, those are distributed as well in the file
-
- /pub/suit/distribution/JustDocs/doc.tar.Z
-
- which can ftp from uvacs as explained above. These files are
- called chap_01.ps, chap_02.ps, etc. The complete reference
- manual is in the file chap_all.ps.
-
- Again, be sure to use binary mode when getting this file.
- (type "binary" at the ftp prompt before typing "get")
-
- ----
- Rama Mavuduru
-