Section 19 APPLICATION PACKAGES

Objectives

This section will walk you through the installation of

Arc/Info software
Arc/Info license
Additional software such as WABI and the TrueScan software.

Once the core of the system software is on, it is ready for the other software needed for the site specific work, in this case, Arc/Info. It is not a difficult process, but some thought has gon into the arrangement the the Arc/Info licenses so a machine specific install needs to be done on each. Afterwards machines with added peripheral devices, namely the scanner software and WABI will also have to be installed.

Installing Arc/Info

To install the Arc/Info and related modules, you can refer to the license files to determine which ones you need, listed in /geodoc/license/landinfoX/license.dat, where the X is the number of your current workstation.

Arc/Info Disk Space Requirements

Since we will also be configuring Arc/Info, the space requirements are as follows

	Package	Size

	Arc/Info	182 Mb
	ArcScan		1
	ArcStorm	22
	ArcCogo		2
	ArcGrid		47
	ArcNetwork	1
	ArcTin		3
	ArcPress *	27

		(source:  page 2 "Installing Arc/Info 7.0.3)
		* from page 2 "Installing ArcPress"

You can look at the license file for this information, which is listed in the file /geodoc/license/landinfoX/license.dat, where the X is the number of your current workstation. To load everything, 285 Mb are needed. Some of this software will need to create local log files, queues, or have other requirements for disk space.

Only the executable software will be loaded locally, while documentation and samples will be provided on the server. This will give the best performance for the programs while not overloading the local system with items needed at moderate speed such as reference material.

	Module				Single Session	Each Additional Session

	Arc/Info			45 Mb		10 Mb
	ArcEdit (&ArcCogo/ArcScan)	55		30
	ArcPlot (&ArcTin)		65		30
	ArcGrid	65			32
	ArcNetwork			55		18
	ArcStorm master			6
	ArcStorm user			12
	ArcStorm recovery		12
	ArcStorm asdbi			16
	ArcStorm wservice		1

		Swap space requirements
	source:  page 2-7 Arc/Info Version 7 System Administrators Guide

Each workstation is assumed to have one user at a time, but they may want to run two sessions of Arc/Info, so initial need is 45+10 = 55 Mb. Assuming one session each for the software available for that workstation at the same time will probably be a good estimate. (you can look at the license file for this information, which is listed in /geodoc/license/landinfoX/license.dat, where the X is the number of your current workstation)

Source: page 4 of "Installing Arc/Info version 7.0.3"
Place the ARC/INFO CD into the CD drive drawer, and look at the contents of the new File Manager window (Solaris automounts Cds.) Double click on the folder solaris2. Highlight install.notes with a single click with the mouse and use the File menu option "open in editor" to view the install.notes. From a command tool, you can start the installation. Though you do not have to be root to do the install, you will need permission to write to the location.

	Landinfo4% /cdrom/cdrom0/solaris2/install -load

	Press  to take the default, '?' for help, '^' to return to
	the previous question, or 'q' to quit.

	Enter CD-ROM mount point: [/cdrom/cdrom0/solaris2]  <return>

	Enter pathname to install directory:  [/]  /home

	Core Arc/Info Software
	Package numbers to load: [all]  <return>

For each following module, use ? to get a list of package numbers, then enter the specific numbers required. Remember you can return to the previous questions by entering a '^ ' (shift 6 on the keyboard.)

	Arc/Info Data Conversion Modules
	Package numbers to load: [all]  <return>

	Arc/Info Plotter Drivers
	Package numbers to load: [all]  <return>

	Arc/Info Database Integrators
	Package numbers to load: [none]  <return>

	Arc/Info Layered Products
	Package numbers to load: [none]  ?

	Select 'all' to load all packages, 'none' to skip this package.
	If there are specific packages that you want to load, you may select the
	package number(s).  Separate the package number(s) with commas or spaces.

	Choices are:

		1  ArcScan
		2  ArcExpress
		3  ArcStorm
		4  Cogo
		5  Grid
		6  Network
		7  Tin

	Press  to take the default, '?' for help, '^' to return to
	the previous question, or 'q' to quit.
	Package numbers to load: [none]  1,3,4

	ArcTools
	Package numbers to load: [none]  all

	Optional Motif User Interface for Arc/Info
	Package numbers to load: [none]  <return>

	Package selection complete
	--------------------------------

	You have chosen the following packages to be loaded
		...
	More? [yes]  no

	Is this correct? [yes]  <return>

	Total size of chosen packages in megabytes: 141.9
	Available space in megabytes: 941.0

	List file names while loading? [no]  yes

The software will install, listing the files as it goes along, ending with

	Finished loading package(s)
	Exiting....

If you need to install ArcPress, you will have to put the appropriate CD in the drive and re-examine the install.notes as described above. Then, you can

Landinfo4% /cdrom/cdrom0/solaris2/install -load

	Press  to take the default, '?' for help, '^' to return to
	the previous question, or 'q' to quit.

	Enter CD-ROM mount point: [/cdrom/cdrom0/solaris2]  <return>

	Enter pathname to install directory:  [/]  /home/arcexe70

	ArcPress Version 1.0 - September 11, 1995
	---------------------------------------------------

	Core ArcPress Software
	Package numbers to load: [all]  <return>
	

	Package selection complete
	--------------------------------

	You have chosen the following packages to be loaded

	Core ArcPress Software

	Is this correct? [yes]  <return>

	Total size of chosen packages in megabytes: 25.9
	Available space in megabytes: 705.0

	List file names while loading? [no]  yes

The ArcPress samples will be installed to a remotely mounted file when disk space is available.

In case the .cshrc file that you retrieved did not have them in it, you can add the following parameters:

setenv OPENWINHOME /usr/openwin
setenv ARCHOME /export/home/arcexe70
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH $ARCHOME/lib:$OPENWINHOME/lib:/usr/lib
setenv ADOCHOME /geodoc/arcdoc_70
setenv FVHOME /geodoc/fm_solaris2
setenv SAMPLESHOME /geobase/samples70
setenv APRESSHOME
setenv APRESSTMPDIR /tmp
alias arc \$ARCHOME/programs/arc
alias info \$ARCHOME/programs/info

If using ArcStorm, refer to page 9-10 of "Installing Arc/Info version 7.0.3" for additional directions.
Start a c-shell with csh to invoke the .cshrc changes, or logout and back in.

Setup of Arc/Info Licenses

	cd $ARCHOME/sysgen

To install the Arc/Info licenses, copy them from the /geodoc/license/landinfoX directory where X = your workstation number. For example:

	cp /geodoc/license/landinfo4/lic* .

You can test the installation by starting up the license manager manually.

	./lmgrd -c license.dat > /dev/console &

(if you have problems, make sure the hostname in the file is the same as how you setup the workstation name - watch out for capital letters!)

Verify the status of the license manager

	$ARCHOME/sysgen/lmutil lmstat -a -c license.dat

Printer / plotter setup

To set up plotters, use the admintool, and select printer manager

	kyocera		laser printer	Landinfo1
	novajetIII_1	color printer	Landinfo3
	novajetIII_2	color printer	Landinfo4

You need to create a plot queue file, so

	cp /geodoc/workstations/pltque $ARCHOME/sysgen/pltque

To have the startup automatically with the booting of the workstation refer to the file $ARCHOME/sysgen.boot. You need to do the following as root (su - root)


	# cp $ARCHOME/sysgen/license.boot /etc/init.d/arclicense.boot

	# cd /etc/rc3.d
	# ln -s ../init.d/arclicense.boot S555.arclicense
	# ln -s ../init.d/arclicense.boot K555.arclicense

	# cd /etc/init.d
	# vi arclicense.boot

Edit the line below replacing install_directory with the actual path.

	ARCHOME=/install_directory/arcexe70: export ARCHOME

Then you can get out of OpenWindows, halt the machine, and reboot.

Optional Packages

Other optional packages, such as Answerbook, WABI, or NetWorker, can be installed from thier respective CD-ROMs. Likewise the scanner software and printer drivers need to be installed on the appropriate machines.

WABI

Source: Wabi 2.0 for Solaris 2 pgs 9-11
Before installing WABI, a symbolic link between /opt and /usr needs to be made as there is insufficient space available in /opt. This is done with the following steps:


	# mkdir /usr/SUNWwabi
	# cd /opt
	# ln -s /usr/SUNWwabi SUNWwabi

To install the WABI program, insert the CD, then


	# pkgadd -d /cdrom/wabi_2_0/SUNWwabi.sparc

Unless you have already installed Answerbook, you can reintsall it later (i.e. when asked to select which packages to install, enter 2 for SUNWwabi only.) You will need to add /opt/SUNWwabi/bin to your path in .cshrc if not already present.

	Installation of  was successful.

TrueScan 800 : scanner software

The Arc scanning software which drives the scanner connected to Landinfo4, is found on the three Advent floppy disks:

TruScan 800 Device Driver	     Version 2.0a for SPARC Solaris 2.4
Arc/Info Imager for TruScan 800	     Version 1.1c for SPARC Solaris 2.4 (1 of 2)
Arc/Info Imager for TruScan 800	     Version 1.1c for SPARC Solaris 2.4 (2 of 2)

To install, the packages need first to be copied. Insert floppy 1 into the floppy drive, then

	# /bin/volcheck

(click cancel when asked if you wish to format the disk), then

	# dd if=/vol/dev/rdiskette0/unlabeled of=/devdrive

(this will take about 15 minutes.) Once the prompt returns,

	# eject

and repeat for floppies 2 and 3, replacing the following line respectively:

	# dd if=/vol/dev/rdiskette0/unlabeled of=/imager1
	# dd if=/vol/dev/rdiskette0/unlabeled of=/imager2

Once all three disks have been copied, to install each, use on each

	# pkgadd -d devdrive
	# pkgadd -d imager1
	# pkgadd -d imager2

Note 1: Before adding the device driver package, you will need to turn on the scanner. This is so the program can establish the proper device in /dev.
Note 2: Scanner software is kept in /home/advent/bin or /usr/local/bin, so you might add 'alias ts /usr/local/bin/arcts800' to your .cshrc file.

Conclusion

This covers the installing. The process itself indicates what files are being added and therefore, where one should look as a system administrator, to find the possible problems areas related specifically to the add-on software.

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Section 19

APPLICATION PACKAGES