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Note

In case you have never ever installed Kepler you can always take a look at short demo movie that is located at following location:

$SWITMDIR/resources/tutorials/movies/installation_of_kepler.mp4
Warning

Note that this page may become outdated after some time. You can always take a look at TWiki pages to get most recent version of manual: Kepler installation at Marconi Gateway

Setting up environment

Backing up old files

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mkdir $ITMWORK/my_keplers
# it might be convenient to create symbolic link inside HOME as well
ln -s "$ITMWORK/my_keplers" my_keplers

And make sure to export export ITM_KEPLER_DIR variable that points to this location

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# for tcsh, put following command inside .cshrc
setenv ITM_KEPLER_DIR $ITMWORK/my_keplers

# for bash, put following command inside .bashrc
export ITM_KEPLER_DIR=$ITMWORK/my_keplers

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scriptarguments/optionspurpose
list_keplers.sh

-help (shows options)

-all (shows all Kepler versions)

list available keplers
install_kepler.sh

target_dir src_kepler description

target_dir: chosen directory name inside $KEPLER$ITM_KEPLER_DIR
src_kepler: name of Kepler version (as given by list_keplers.sh)
description: chosen descriptive text (in quotes)

installs local or central keplers
list_my_keplers.sh lists keplers that are already installed in your home location
switch_to_kepler.sh

kepler_name

kepler_name: name of the installed Kepler (as given by list_my_keplers.sh)

changes current working version of Kepler

Sample installation session

Make sure

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$ITM_KEPLER_DIR points to location where Keplers will be installed

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setenv ITM_KEPLER_DIR $ITMWORK/my_keplers

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