The operating system has been updated to SLES 11 SP4.
IDL 8.5 has been installed. It is now the default version. Note that IDL is now owned by Exelis, so you may need a new path for the set-up file.
HEAsoft has been upgraded to the 64-bit version 6.17. Please note the new path needed in your .cshrc/.bashrc. Some older versions are still available.
Mathematica has been upgraded to version 10.2. Old versions are still available (check below for the appropriate command path). Note: the latest version 10.2 has a bug that may cause 100% CPU usage and pop-ups saying the kernel is not responding to a dynamic evaluation. To remedy this, in Edit-Preferences, uncheck the box next to Show Suggestions Bar.
Matlab has been upgraded to version 2015a. Older versions are still available (check below for the appropriate command path).
ds9 has been upgraded to version 7.3.2.
STSDAS and TABLES have been upgraded to version 3.17.
IRAF has been upgraded to version 2.16. Before using this version for the first time, users should move their login.cl file and uparm directory somewhere else, reinitialize their configuration using mkiraf, and then merge any desired settings from the old version into the new one.
spacibm runs SuSE Enterprise Linux 11.4. This only has a few subtle differences from Red Hat.
You can search for the location of commands using which or locate. Make sure that e.g. the path and lpath environments in .cshrc and aliases point to the correct program.
There are extra print queues defined for double-sided printing: ps2430double, ps3800double, and ps4050double. e.g. lpr -Pps4050double
The upgrade to SLES 10 required switching back to the CUPS printing package in place of LPRng. Thus the "-Z" options for selecting the tray, duplexing, etc. no longer work. A complete description of the CUPS options can be found at: http://www.cups.org/documentation.php Some common examples:
Manual feed: lpr -Pps4050 -o media=Manual
Duplex on the short edge: lpr -Pps4050 -o sides=two-sided-short-edge
A4: lpr -o media=A4
Please do not use the color printer as a default for all your printing! Please remember to sign up your color printing usage.
For drivers and installation information about using your computer with ps3800, click here.
On 2009 September 22, the Service Center printers in Herman Brown 335 moved to the following IPs:
128.42.182.69 spac-ps-2430.rice.edu
128.42.182.70 spac-ps-3800.rice.edu
128.42.182.71 spac-ps-4050.rice.edu
128.42.182.72 spac-ps-600.rice.edu
setenv ENSCRIPT --media=letter
The mail command works similarly to spacsun, but has a number of subtle differences. Please man mail for details. For example, note that r and R are switched, so that r replies to everyone in the original mail whilst R replies to just the sender (you can reverse this by adding set Replyall to your .mailrc).
If you like to use vi to edit mail, you should include setenv EDITOR vim in your .cshrc.
pine is not included in the SuSE distribution. It has been built (with some difficulty) as an add-on (current version 4.64). It appears to work fine, although this is not a program that I use. pine and its related programs (pilot, pico, mailutil) are all located in /usr/local/pine
The mail program elm is not included in the SuSE distribution and is not being maintained by its authors; thus it has not been installed.
An alternative similar mail reader is mutt.
Thunderbird is located at /usr/local/thunderbird/thunderbird
Seamonkey is located at /usr/local/seamonkey/seamonkey
In theory, older programs that require ftp can be tunneled using ssh. However, we have not had success in doing this in practice, so it is best to upgrade to a secure version/program.
There is no longer a /home/ftp that you can use to allow people to download your files. Instead, make a simple web page in public_html that includes, for example, the line:
(Generated by <a href="paper.pdf">Download copy of paper.pdf</a>)
Users should therefore remember to tar directories before transferring them.
/usr/local/lf9562/bin/lf95 -Wa,--32
If you have problems with libraries not being seen, try:
source /usr/local/lf9562/csh_setup
There is also gcc (/usr/bin/gcc), g++ (/usr/bin/g++), and gfortran (/usr/bin/gfortran).
GNU Fortran version 3.3 is also available at /opt/gcc33/bin/g77 (new location). If you get errors about loading shared libraries, add to your .cshrc
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /opt/gcc33/lib64:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
You can check that all your library paths are being seen using echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
Note: if you are having problems checking out licenses, then remove your .Mathematica/Licensing/mathpass file.
Mathematica 10.2 - /usr/local/bin/mathematica
Mathematica 9.0.1 - /usr/local/bin/mathematica.90
Mathematica 6.0.3 - /usr/local/bin/mathematica.603
Wolfram Workbench 2.0 - /usr/local/bin/WolframWorkbench
If you have problems with displaying fonts, you will need to install them on your local machine. From your linux machine:
sftp yourusername@spacibm
cd /usr/local/src
get mathematica_fonts.tar.gz
login as root on your linux machine and:
cp mathematica_fonts.tar.gz /usr/share/fonts
cd /usr/share/fonts/
gunzip mathematica_fonts.tar.gz
tar xf mathematica_fonts.tar
xset fp+ /usr/share/fonts/Type1
xset fp+ /usr/share/fonts/BDF
xset fp rehash
Mathematica should now work correctly. You will need to do the three xset commands each time you log in to your linux box.
Note that IDL is now owned by Exelis, so there is a new path for the set-up file:
source /usr/local/exelis/idl/bin/idl_setup
Earlier versions are available as e.g. /usr/local/rsi/idl_6.0/bin/idl or /usr/local/rsi/idl70/bin/idl or /usr/local/itt/idl80/bin/idl
The default is to run the 64-bit version. Sometimes it may be necessary to use the 32-bit version; for this use idl -32
spacibm is the license server for IDL.
To be able to use IDL, you need to have the correct address set for spacibm.rice.edu in your LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable. If this is not done, IDL will go into demo mode.
- In unix-type operating systems, this is set in your .cshrc or .kshrc or .bashrc *and* it may also be set in your .flexlmrc file. You need to check both places.
- In Windows the LM_LICENSE_FILE is set in Control Panel - System - Advanced - Environment Variables.
Version 8.4.0 (R2014b) is at: /usr/local/MATLAB/R2014b/bin/matlab
Version 7.13 (R2011b) is at: /usr/local/MATLAB/R2011b/bin/matlab
Version 7.9 (R2009b) is at: /usr/local/matlab_7.9/bin/matlab
Version 7.5 (R2007b) is at: /usr/local/matlab_7.5/bin/matlab
Version 7.3 (R2006b) is at: /usr/local/matlab_7.3/bin/matlab
Earlier versions of matlab would not work with SLES 10 and have not been saved.
Be sure to have e.g. in your .cshrc:
set path = ($path /usr/local/supermongo/bin /usr/local/supermongo/lib )
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/supermongo/lib
To get TeX to process Greek fonts correctly, you may need to have in your /home/username/.sm
TeX_strings 0
Not currently working. This software has not had any development since 2008.
Versions 6.6.1 and 6.16 are also still available.
Please note the correct path for the HEADAS environment variable (the directory name changes after an upgrade to a newer version):
For C Shell users (csh, tcsh), include in your .cshrc:
setenv HEADAS /usr/local/heasoft-6.17/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-libc2.11.3
source $HEADAS/headas-init.csh
For Bourne Shell users (sh, ash, ksh, bash), include in your .login:
HEADAS=/usr/local/heasoft-6.17/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-libc2.11.3
export HEADAS
. $HEADAS/headas-init.sh
NOTE: these environment settings should come after other initializations that use LD_LIBRARY_PATH (such as supermongo).
NOTE: these replaced the previous LHEASOFT environment variables which should be deleted if they are in your .cshrc. Also make sure you are not setting any of the old environment variables FTOOLS or XANADU.
setenv CALDBCONFIG /usr/local/caldb/caldb.config
setenv CALDBALIAS /usr/local/caldb/alias_config.fits
setenv CALDB ftp://legacy.gsfc.nasa.gov/caldb
You will need to set 3 environment settings in your .cshrc:
set path = ($path /usr/local/root-5.10/root/bin )
setenv ROOTSYS /usr/local/root-5.10/root
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH ${ROOTSYS}/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
Before using this version for the first time, users should move their login.cl file and uparm directory somewhere else, reinitialize their configuration using mkiraf, and then merge any desired settings from the old version into the new one.
STSDAS/TABLES version 3.17 is installed.
ds9 v.7.3.2 - /usr/local/bin/ds9
ds9 v.7.2 - /usr/local/bin/ds9_7.2_64bit
ds9 v.7.1 - /usr/local/bin/ds9_7.1_64bit
ds9 v.6.2 - /usr/local/bin/ds9.linux.6.2
ds9 v.6.0 - /usr/local/bin/ds9_6.0_32bit
ds9 v.5.6.3 - /usr/local/bin/ds9_5.6.3_32bit
ds9 v.5.2 - /usr/local/bin/ds9_5.2
ds9 v.4.13 - /usr/local/bin/ds9_4.13
x11iraf uses version 2.0BETA; ximtool is now working.
Adobe Reader 9.5.3 - /usr/bin/acroread
The default version of GIMP is now 2.6.2 at /usr/bin/gimp . The first time it runs, it will create a .gimp-2.6 directory. You may want to copy over personalized items such as patterns and brushes from your previous .gimp directories. Make sure your Page Setup is set to US Letter before printing.
The previous version of GIMP (1.2.5) is still available at /usr/local/bin/gimp-1.2
xv no longer works with SLES 10 and the package has been removed.
Although not recommended, version 1.1.0 is still available at /usr/local/OpenOffice and then at /home/username/OpenOffice/soffice once you have gone through the setup procedure (do a Workstation Installation: DO NOT do a Local Installation.)
set path = ($path /usr/local/teTeX/bin/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu )
Unless you know what you are doing, you should comment out all the TEX... environment variables in e.g. your .cshrc. The exception is to create a directory such as /home/yourusername/texinputs where you keep your input tex, sty, cls ... macros. Then include e.g. in your .cshrc:
setenv TEXINPUTS .:/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex//:/home/yourusername/texinputs//:
Since the default in SuSE is to use A4 paper, when converting postscript to pdf, use ps2pdf -sPAPERSIZE=letter
Also use dvips -t letter
Mail problems to: amanda AT spacibm.rice.edu