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23<TR><TH><A  Href="expgui.html">EXPGUI home</A> 
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28UNIX Installation notes for
29<A HREF="expgui.html">
30EXPGUI
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34Note that root access is not required to load GSAS, Tcl/Tk and
35<A HREF="expgui.html">EXPGUI</A>, unless the files will be put in
36a central location (such as /usr/local) or you will use the RPM package.
37
38<H2>0. A one-step process for Linux</H2>
39Many Linux releases incorporate a package-loading program called RPM.
40The RPM package file loads, <A Href="http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/programs/crystallography/software/gsas.html">GSAS</A> and
41<A Href="http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/xtal/software/expgui">
42EXPGUI</A>, as well as checks that your Linux system has been configured
43properly to run these programs (for example, has Tcl/Tk and BLT loaded).
44The most recent <font face="courier">GSAS-EXPGUI-yyyy.mm.dd-x.i386.rpm</font>
45file
46(where yyyy, mm & dd are year, month and day)
47can be found in directory
48<a href="ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/cryst/gsas">
49ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/cryst/gsas</a> or a CCP14 mirror site.
50See the
51<A Href="http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/xtal/software/installGSASrpm.html">RPM instructions</a>
52for details on how to load this package,
53rather than the following paragraphs.
54
55<H2>1. Prerequisites</H2>
56
57I will assume that you already have the Tcl/Tk package loaded on your computer. If this
58is not true, please see
59<A HREF="http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/programs/crystallography/software/tclpkgs.html">
60http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/programs/crystallography/software/tclpkgs.html
61</A> for installation instructions. Please note that EXPGUI seems to run very
62slowly in Tcl/Tk version 8.1, but OK in 8.0 and 8.2.
63Also see <a href="#testtcltk">below</a> on how to test if Tcl/Tk is properly
64installed.
65<P>
66Likewise, I will assume you have also loaded the appropriate GSAS release, if not see
67<A HREF="http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/programs/crystallography/software/unixgsas.html">
68http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/programs/crystallography/software/unixgsas.html
69</A> for installation instructions.  The current versions of EXPGUI must be
70used with GSAS versions released on or after April, 2001.
71<I>EXPGUI v. 1.40 and later are not compatible with earlier Unix versions of
72GSAS -- as the file formats have changed.</I>
73
74<P>More information about EXPGUI, including information on how it
75can be customized, can be found on web pages <A HREF="expgui.html">expgui.html</A>
76and <A HREF="expgui_cfg.html">expgui_cfg.html</A>, found in the gsas/expgui/doc directory.
77
78<H2>
792. EXPGUI Downloading</H2>
80download file
81<A HREF="ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/cryst/gsas/expgui.tar.gz">
82ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/cryst/gsas/expgui.tar.gz</A> (~300 K)
83by shift-clicking on the previous link.
84<P>
85If you want to try the latest release (which may not have gotten
86a lot of testing, but probably has new bug fixes and capabilities) shift-click
87on <A HREF="ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/cryst/gsas/expgui_ALPHA.tar.gz">
88ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/cryst/gsas/expgui_ALPHA.tar.gz</A>
89P>
90If you have a version of GSAS from September 2001, or earlier and wish
91to set up dummy histograms from EXPEDT, you will need to
92update the EXPTOOL program using one of the following files:
93<UL>
94<LI>LINUX: <BR>
95<A HREF="ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/cryst/gsas/exe_linux/exptool.tar.gz">
96ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/cryst/gsas/exe_linux/exptool.tar.gz</A> (~0.3 Mb)
97</LI><P>
98or
99<P>
100<LI>Silicon Graphics: <BR>
101<A HREF="ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/cryst/gsas/exe_sgi/exptool.tar.gz">
102ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/cryst/gsas/exe_sgi/exptool.tar.gz</A> (~0.4 Mb)
103</UL>Transfer the appropriate file by shift-clicking on the appropriate link.
104<H2>
1053. EXPGUI Installation</H2>
106A few short steps are needed to load EXPGUI on your computer.
107<H3>
1082.1 Create a directory and restore the files</H3>
109The EXPGUI scripts are set up to be run from a <B>subdirectory in the main GSAS
110directory</B>, by convention I assume the directory name
111<font face="courier">expgui</font>, but this is
112not required. Thus, if you have located the GSAS package in
113<FONT FACE="COURIER">/usr/local/gsas</FONT> (so that there is a directory
114<FONT FACE="COURIER">/usr/local/gsas/exe</FONT>, <FONT FACE="COURIER">/usr/local/gsas/data</FONT>, ...)
115I assume you will put
116these files in <FONT FACE="COURIER">/usr/local/gsas/expgui</FONT> but any subdirectory,
117such as <FONT FACE="COURIER">/usr/local/gsas/tcl</FONT> will work fine.
118Change the subsequent commands if GSAS is located somewhere
119other than <FONT FACE="COURIER">/usr/local/gsas</FONT>.
120
121<FONT FACE="COURIER"><PRE>
122            cd    /usr/local/gsas
123            mkdir expgui
124            cd    expgui
125            gunzip <  [/path/]expgui.tar.gz  | tar xvf -
126</PRE></FONT>
127<P>When restoring the GSAS files from the tar file,
128note that <FONT FACE="COURIER">[/path/]</FONT> in the example above indicates the location
129where you downloaded the tar file in section 2, above.
130
131<H3>
1322.2 Installing a shortcut to EXPGUI</H3>
133While it is possible to invoke EXPGUI by typing
134<FONT FACE="COURIER"><PRE>
135                wish /usr/local/gsas/expgui/expgui
136</PRE></FONT>
137or
138<FONT FACE="COURIER"><PRE>
139                /home/toby/mywish/wish /home/toby/mygsas/expgui/expgui
140</PRE></FONT>
141or whatever, you will likely want to create an easier command to type.
142Below are three ways to do this. Note that only one is needed. Do not use all
143three.
144
145<em>Also, note that in the commands below,
146</em><FONT FACE="COURIER">^D</FONT><em> means control-D.</em>
147
148
149<UL><H4>
1502.2a Installing a shortcut to EXPGUI in .cshrc</H4>
151<P>To use EXPGUI, you probably need to create an easy way to access it.
152One way to do this is to add an alias to your ~/.cshrc file:
153<FONT FACE="COURIER"><PRE>
154                cat >> ~/.cshrc
155                alias expgui "wish /usr/local/gsas/expgui/expgui"
156                ^D
157</PRE></FONT>
158<H4>
1592.2b Installing EXPGUI in the path</H4>
160<P>
161Another way to simplify access to EXPGUI
162is to create a file which will execute the GUI script from
163a command in your system's path, for example <FONT FACE="COURIER">/usr/bin</FONT>.
164<FONT FACE="COURIER"><PRE>
165                cat > /usr/bin/expgui
166                wish /usr/local/gsas/expgui/expgui
167                ^D
168                chmod +x /usr/bin/expgui
169</PRE></FONT>
170<I>Note that this step (2.2b) is incompatible with the one below (2.2c).</I>
171<H4>
1722.2c Linking EXPGUI in the path</H4>
173<P>
174Another way to simplify access to EXPGUI
175is to create a link in your system's path to the GUI script.
176Note that you may need to modify the first line of
177<FONT FACE="COURIER">/usr/local/gsas/expgui/expgui</FONT>, if wish is located somewhere
178other than <FONT FACE="COURIER">/usr/local/bin/wish</FONT>.
179
180<FONT FACE="COURIER"><PRE>
181                chmod +x /usr/local/gsas/expgui/expgui
182                ln -s /usr/local/gsas/expgui/expgui /usr/bin/expgui
183</PRE></FONT>
184<I>Note that this step (2.2c) is incompatible with the one above (2.2b).</I>
185</UL>
186H3>
187
1882.3 Installing EXPTOOL</H3>
189If being upgraded, the EXPTOOL program should be placed in the
190directory with the GSAS executable files,
191for example in /usr/local/gsas/exe/.
192<FONT FACE="COURIER"><PRE>
193            cd    /usr/local/gsas/exe
194            gunzip <  [/path/]exptool.tar.gz  | tar xvf -
195</PRE></FONT>
196
197<a name="testtcltk"></a><H2>
198Is Tcl/Tk installed already?</H2>
199To test if Tcl/Tk is installed correctly on your system
200do the following commands. (Commands you type are in this <font face="courier">typewriter</font> 
201font, computer responses are this <font face="courier"><I>italic font</I></font>.
202My comments are provided in this text font and are <U>underlined</U>).
203<UL>
204<TABLE>
205<TR><TD><font face="courier">[tammy@beryl tammy]$ wish</font></TD>
206<TD><U>(note a window is created)</U></TD></TR>
207<TR><TD><font face="courier"><I>%</I> set tcl_version</font></TD></TR>
208<TR><TD><font face="courier"><I>8.0</I></font></TD>
209<TD><U>(8.0 is the Tcl/Tk version number. EXPGUI requires 8.0 or higher)</U></TD></TR>
210<TR><TD><font face="courier"><I>%</I> package require BLT</font></TD></TR>
211<TR><TD><font face="courier"><I>2.4</I></font></TD>
212<TD><U>(2.4 is the BLT package version number.
213EXPGUI requires 2.3 or higher.
214If you get "can't find package BLT" then
215BLT is not installed [properly] on your system)</U></TD></TR>
216<TR><TD><font face="courier"><I>%</I> blt::graph .g</font></TD></TR>
217<TR><TD><font face="courier"><I>.g</I></font></TD>
218<TD><U>(nothing happens. You should not get an error message here.)</U></TD></TR>
219<TR><TD><font face="courier"><I>%</I> pack .g</font></TD>
220<TD><U>(now a graph is displayed)</U></TD></TR>
221<TR><TD><font face="courier"><I>%</I> Blt_ZoomStack .g</font></TD>
222<TD><U>(if error message: invalid command name "Blt_ZoomStack" appears
223there is a problem with your BLT installation, see below.)</U></TD></TR>
224</TABLE>
225There is a common problem with the pkg_Index.tcl file in BLT that makes
226the Blt_ZoomStack command inaccessible, see my updated copy
227<A HREF="ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/cryst/tcltk/BLT2.4_pkgIndex.tcl">
228ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/cryst/tcltk/BLT2.4_pkgIndex.tcl
229</A> for an example that works. Also see the
230<A HREF="http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/programs/crystallography/software/tclpkgs82linux.html">
231Compiling Tcl/Tk 8.2.3 & packages for Linux</A> example of how to install.
232</UL>
233<P><H2>
234Acknowledgements</H2>
235<A Href="http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/programs/crystallography/software/gsas.html">
236GSAS</A>
237is written by Allen C. Larson and <A HREF="http://www.nist.gov/cgi-bin/exit_nist.cgi?url=http://lansce.lanl.gov/lujan/staff12/vondreele.htm">
238Robert B. Von Dreele</A>, MS-H805,
239Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545. Problems, questions
240or kudos concerning GSAS should be sent to Robert B. Von Dreele at
241<A HREF="MAILTO:vondreele@lanl.gov">vondreele@lanl.gov</A>
242
243<P>EXPGUI is written by Brian H. Toby of the NIST Center for Neutron Research,
244<A HREF="MAILTO:Brian.Toby@NIST.GOV">Brian.Toby@NIST.GOV</A> 
245with help from Jonathan Wasserman.
246<P>
247<hr><blockquote>
248GSAS is Copyright, 1984-1997, The Regents of the University of California.
249The GSAS software was produced under a U.S. Government contract (W-7405-ENG-36)
250by the Los Alamos National Laboratory, which is operated by the University
251of California for the U.S. Department of Energy. The U.S. Government is
252licensed to use, reproduce, and distribute this software. Permission is
253granted to the public to copy and use this software without charge, provided
254that this notice and any statement of authorship are reproduced on all
255copies. Neither the Government nor the University makes any warranty, express
256or implied, or assumes any liability or responsibility for the use of this
257software.
258
259<P>EXPGUI is not subject to copyright. Have fun with it.
260
261<p>Neither the U.S. Government nor any author makes any warranty,
262expressed or implied, or assumes any liability or responsibility
263for the use of this information or the software described
264here. Brand names cited here are used for
265identification purposes and do not consitute an endorsement by NIST.
266</blockquote>
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