Downloading and Installation Instructions for

VisualSPARK 2.01 for Red Hat Linux 8.0 (Intel Processors)

I.   Registration

VisualSPARK installation requires a password. The password has been sent to you by email by the previously completed registration precedure.

II.   Other Software Required

1. GNU make

2. GNU g++ compiler and libraries

3. Adobe Acrobat Reader program for viewing .pdf files ( acroread ). Download this from www.adobe.com . For Linux the download url is ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobatreader/unix/5.x/linux-506.tar.gz.

   Download this file into a temporary directory. Unpack the file using the command tar xzf linux-506.tar.gz . Follow the installation instructions that are in the file "Readme".

4. The Netscape program for viewing the html files.

Linux operating systems may already have the above software; however, if they are not installed on your computer, ask your system administrator to install them.

The executables of these programs (make, g++, acroread) must be accessible by your PATH environment variable. The installation setup program checks the above requirements and gives appropriate error messages.

III.   Install VisualSPARK (requires 16MB of disk space)

1. To download, Right click the following link and select 'Save Link As' from the menu: VisualSPARK201_Linux_REDHAT8.0_x86.exe (16077774 bytes).
   In the Save As... panel: Make sure the Selection field contains your home directory followed by the file name VisualSPARK201_Linux_REDHAT8.0_x86.exe. Click OK

2. After the file save is complete, make the downloaded file executable by running the command (where % is the command prompt and user-entered text is in bold):
   %   chmod +x VisualSPARK201_Linux_REDHAT8.0_x86.exe .

3. Run the downloaded program (supply the installation password when it is asked for):
   %   ./VisualSPARK201_Linux_REDHAT8.0_x86.exe
   This will extract the VisualSPARK distribution files starting at directory $HOME/vspark201.

4. Run the following two commands to start the install program:
   %   cd $HOME/vspark201/install
   %   ./install
   This will modify your .cshrc , .profile , .bash_profile files, and add the SPARK environment settings. It will also create the following files in the $HOME/vspark201 directory:
   classpath.env , projects.env , sparkenv.csh , sparkenv.sh

5. Logout and then login to make the new environment variable changes become effective.

6. To start VisualSPARK (first make sure that the X-windowing system is running) type the command:
   %   vspark &

IV.   How to Uninstall VisualSPARK

To uninstall VisualSPARK, run the following commands to start the uninstall program:

%     cd $SPARK_DIR/install

%     ./uninstall ; cd $HOME

Uninstallation will remove the VisualSPARK installed files in the directory $HOME/vspark201. It will also remove the SPARK-related environment settings from the .cshrc , .profile, .bash_profile files.

If there are user-created files in the $HOME/vspark201 directory tree, they will not be removed, and a message will be given to the user to check them and remove the $HOME/vspark201 directory manually.

V.   Help

Please direct questions on downloading, installing and using VisualSPARK to SPARK Support .