Fermi Science Support Center

Source Install of the Fermi Science Tools

  1. Download the source distribution package. This package should build on Linux systems (32 and 64 bit) and on the MAC OS X (10.4 power pc & intel chips). Note that the distribution package is a very large file, and may require a good fraction of an hour to download.

    You may wish to review the release notes for this distribution.

  2. Unpack the distribution package in a suitably-chosen build directory, e.g. $HOME/glast, as follows:

    tar xzvf ScienceTools-v9r15p2-fssc-20090808.tar.gz

  3. Move into the subdirectory:

    cd ScienceTools-v9r15p2-fssc-20090808/BUILD_DIR

  4. Run the configure script:

    ./configure

    Note: It is useful to save the output from the configure script, e.g. in the bash shell:

    ./configure >& configure.out

  5. Run hmake to build the software:

    ./hmake

    Note: It is useful to save the output from the hmake program, e.g. in the bash shell:

    ./hmake >& hmake.out

  6. Run hmake to install the software:

    ./hmake install

    Note: It is useful to save the output from the hmake program, e.g. in the bash shell:

    ./hmake install >& hmake_install.out

  7. Set your FERMI_DIR environment variable to point to your installation, e.g.

    sh/bash:
    export FERMI_DIR=$HOME/glast/ScienceTools-v9r15p2-fssc-20090808/i686-pc-linux-gnu-libc2.3.4

    or

    csh/tcsh:
    setenv FERMI_DIR$ HOME/glast/ScienceTools-v9r15p2-fssc-20090808/i686-pc-linux-gnu-libc2.3.4

  8. Execute the Fermi setup script:

    bash:
    source $FERMI_DIR/fermi-init.sh

    or

    csh:
    source $FERMI_DIR/fermi-init.csh

You should now be able to run the Fermi ScienceTools.