Professional UNIX Installation Guide
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1. SOFTWARE The File Transfer Authority 1999 by BLAST SOFTWARE INC 49 Salisbury Street West Pittsboro NC 27312 All Rights Reserved Manual 2MNUNXI 4 99 The information in this manual has been compiled with care but BLAST Inc makes no warranties as to accurateness or completeness as the software described herein may be changed or enhanced from time to time This information does not constitute com mitments or representations by BLAST Inc and is subject to change without notice BLASTO is a registered trademark and BLAST Professional BLAST Professional UNIX and TrueTerm are trademarks of BLAST Inc Any trademarks trade names service marks service names owned or registered by any other company and used in this manual are proprietary to that company Restricted Rights Legend Use duplication or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subdivision b 3 i1 of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at 52 227 7013 BLAST Inc 49 Salisbury Street West P O Box 818 Pittsboro North Carolina 27312 SALES 800 242 5278 FAX 919 542 0161 Technical Support 919 542 3007 E mail info blast com World Wide Web http www blast com Copyright 1999 by BLAST Inc Contents Introduction What You Need To Know eee Running the BLAST Install Program Loading and Starting BLAST Install 00 0 L2. Each user must have these environment variables set correctly Typically you would edit each user s profile login or cshrc to reflect this information Setting PATH BLASTDIR and SETUPDIR To update your path temporarily and set the BLASTDIR environment variable log in as a regular user and type the following at the shell prompt C Shell set path path executable dirname setenv BLASTDIR support file dirname setenv SETUPDIR auxiliary dirname 4 BLAST PROFESSIONAL UNIX Bourne Shell and Korn Shell PATH PATH executable_ dirname BLASTDIR support_file_dirname SETUPDIR auxiliary_dirname export BLASTDIR SETUPDIR where executable_dirname is the full path of the directory in which the BLAST files are stored support_file_dirname is the full path of the directory in which the support files are stored and auxiliary_dirname is the full path of the directory in which the auxiliary files are stored For example if the executable and support files are in usr blast and the auxiliary files are in usr john under the Bourne Korn shells you would type PATH PATH usr blast BLAST DIR usr blast SETUPDIR usr john export BLASTDIR SETUPDIR NOTE This is only a temporary change To set these values permanently add the above commands to your system login procedure Environment Variables BLAST recognizes a number of additional environment variables for customizing its operation The information in bold and brackets indicates the
3. and userid numbers If you are not sure which group and userid numbers to use choose the default settings When You Are Finished After successfully installing BLAST Professional UNIX put your distribution media in a safe place If your system uses a device name other than the default to identify the communications port where the modem is connected you must configure BLAST for your communications port see Setting Your Communications Port on page 7 Environment Variables When BLAST is installed by default all BLAST files are placed in the same directory but you may choose to move the files to separate directories Within BLAST there are three different types of files and a separate environment variable pointing to the direc tory containing each type executable files program files with execute permission the PATH environment variable points to the directory containing these files support files files required for normal operation of the software including access to online help and the modem control library the BLASTDIR environment vari able points to the directory containing these files BLASTDIR must exist in order for BLAST to execute auxiliary files setup files the SETUPDIR environment variable points to the di rectory containing these files If no SETUPDIR exists BLAST will look to the BLASTDIR for setup files Other files such as script files may reside in any di rectory of your file system
4. default value Examples use the Bourne shell syntax As with BLASTDIR and SETUPDIR these environment variables must be exported BANNERTIME delay 0 99 5 where delay is the time in seconds that the initial screen is displayed EXAMPLE BANNERTIME 2 BLASTDIR dirname usr blast where dirname is the directory that contains the BLAST support files such as sys tems scr modems scr blast tdf and blast hlp BLASTDIR must exist in order for BLAST to execute EXAMPLE BLASTDIR Z usr blast INSTALLATION GUIDE 5 BPRINTER drivername dev Ip where drivername is the target for printer output BPRINTER can be set to a device or a print spooler EXAMPLE BPRINTER Ip c s gt dev null This will cause BLAST to issue the lp command substituting the print filename for 96S EDITOR filename vi where filename is the name of the editor program that will be invoked by the Edit command from the Local menu The default is the program vi which must be located in your path EXAMPLE EDITOR vi SETUPDIR dirname SBLASTDIR where dirname is the directory in which the BLAST setup files are stored The default SETUPDIR is the same directory as BLASTDIR If many different users need to ac cess BLAST you may wish to point SETUPDIR to the HOME directory of each us er Users can then maintain individual libraries of setup files This technique permits the BLAST administrator to restrict access to the BLAST directory without limiti
5. ng the ability of other users to run the software and create their own setups EXAMPLE SETUPDIR HOME TERM terminal name no default where term name is the entry in the terminfo library that BLAST will use to control the terminal from which BLAST is being run EXAMPLE TERM vt100 TMP dirname usr tmp where dirname is the directory in which temporary files will be stored EXAMPLE TMP usr tmp 6 BLAST PROFESSIONAL UNIX Setting Your Communications Port To specify a communications port other than the default port you can edit the default setup by following these steps o Atthe shell command prompt start BLAST by typing blast and then press ENTER Because this is your first time running BLAST you will see the Online Help welcome screen 0 After reading the message press ESC to go to the Offline menu and then press M to modify the default setup Using the control keys listed at the top portion of the BLAST screen position the cursor on the Connection field of the default setup Type the name of the device driver for your modem s communications port exactly as it is defined for your sys tem this field is case sensitive O Press ESC to return to the Offline menu and then press ENTER to write your changes to disk When prompted press Y to overwrite the existing default setup You can also use links and automatic port searching For a detailed discussion of set ups see Chapter 5 of the User s Man
6. ng and Starting BLAST Install If possible log onto the computer from the console Log in as root Do not SU to root After logging on change to the tmp directory by typing cd tmp Place the BLAST media in the drive To load the BLAST Install program type the fol lowing command for all systems except for Linux cpio icvB blastinstall drive device name where drive device name is the name of the drive containing the BLAST media Note that the lt character is required on the command line to signify that cpio is to use drive device name as the source of the file input NOTE If you are installing from a hard drive you may have to omit the B switch in order to load BLAST Install successfully When BLAST Install has been loaded type Jblastinstall drive device name 2 BLAST PROFESSIONAL UNIX using the same drive device name as specified in the cpio statement The BLAST Install program will then prompt you with instructions Loading and Starting BLAST Install with Linux If you are running Linux the procedures for loading and starting BLAST Install are as follows After logging onto the computer and placing BLAST media in the drive as de scribed in the preceding section load the BLAST Install program by typing the follow ing cpio iv blastinstall drive device name where drive device name is the name of the drive containing the BLAST media Note that the lt character is required on the command line t
7. o signify that cpio is to use drive device name as the source of the file input When BLAST Install has been loaded type Jblastinstall drive device name using the same drive device name as specified in the cpio statement Since BLAST Install was written for a Korn shell you will see the octal code for some characters in the BLAST Install instructions if you run the install program under a Bash shell If you are running under a Bash shell you can load BLAST Install under a Korn shell and view the BLAST Install instructions normally by typing ksh blastinstall drive device name using the same drive device name as specified in the cpio statement After loading BLAST Install follow the on screen instructions for installing BLAST Copying the BLAST Professional Files By default BLAST Install will copy the BLAST files to the directory usr blast You may choose to store these files in another directory if that directory does not exist BLAST Install will create the directory If you are not sure where to put the BLAST files choose the default setting you can easily move these files later IMPORTANT Torun BLAST you must add the BLAST directory to your path and set the BLASTDIR environment variable See Environment Vari ables below for more information INSTALLATION GUIDE 3 Setting User and Group ID By default BLAST Install assigns the BLAST files to group and userid number 0 ze ro You may choose different group
8. oading and Starting BLAST Install with Linux Copying the BLAST Professional Files 00 Setting User and Group dD uc see ies Erde eSI ones When You Are Finished lille eee Environment Variables Setting PATH BLASTDIR and SETUPDIR Ls Environment Variables lee Setting Your Communications Port International Keyboard Support for 10 7x Introduction Welcome to BLAST Professional UNIX This manual contains instructions for using BLAST Install the installation program that copies the BLAST files from your distri bution media and customizes them for your system BLAST offers many advanced op tions including automatic port searching support for links and command line switches Please see Chapter 2 of the User s Manual for detailed information on con trolling all facets of the BLAST environment What You Need To Know 10 7x Before you begin the installation process verify the device name of your diskette drive For SCO UNIX systems the name is typically one of the following dev rfd0135ds18 3 5 Drive A dev rdf1135ds18 3 5 Drive B 10 8x Before you begin the installation process be sure to verify the following information The device name of your tape or diskette drive The device name of your modem communications port If you are not certain about one of these values refer to the user s manual for your sys tem or check with you
9. r system administrator before you begin installing BLAST Some of the typical device names are System 3 5 Drive Tape drive Serial Port AViiON dev rmt 0 dev ttyO DEC Alpha dev fd0 dev rmt Oa dev ttyOO HP9000 dev rmt 0m dev ttyOO Linux dev fd0 dev ttyS1 RS 6000 dev rfdO dev rmt0 1 dev tty 1 Solaris 2 dev fd0 dev rmt 0 dev ttya Verifying the Device Name for Solaris with Volume Manager Enabled If you are running Solaris 2 6 or later with Volume Manager Automounter enabled Volume Manager will try unsuccessfully to mount the BLAST diskette If this is the case type the following command to determine the alias Volume Manager has as signed to the BLAST media eject n INSTALLATION GUIDE 1 You should see a mapping of available devices As your device name use the alias giv en to the right of either floppyO or floppy1 depending upon the drive into which the BLAST disk was inserted For example if the following entry were in your list floppy0 gt vol dev rdiskette0 unlabeled you would use the device name vol dev rdisketteO unlabeled If no device shows up after typing eject n type the following command eject d to set the floppy to the default device You should see output similar to the following Default device is vol dev rdiskette0 unlabeled Use the default device name for example vol dev rdiskette0 unlabeled in the out put shown above Running the BLAST Install Program Loadi
10. ual for details on the use of links and port search ing see Chapter 2 International Keyboard Support for 10 7x BLAST Professional UNIX 10 8x provides support for international keyboards through the k command line switch During the installation process the following in ternational keyboard driver files were copied to your system french kbd italian kbd german kbd spanish kbd uk kbd To load an international keyboard driver add the following switch to the command line kcountry kbd where country kbd is one of files listed above For information on the format of an international keyboard file see page 29 of the User s Manual INSTALLATION GUIDE 7
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