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#C compiler. Any ANSI-compliant compiler such as [http://gcc.gnu.org/ GCC] should work. GCC usually comes pre-installed on Linux machines.  
 
#C compiler. Any ANSI-compliant compiler such as [http://gcc.gnu.org/ GCC] should work. GCC usually comes pre-installed on Linux machines.  
#Python interpreter. [http://www.python.org/ Python] is an interpretable programming language. It is used in Madagascar installation scripts and project management scripts. Python comes pre-installed on some platforms. The preferred Python version is 2.7 but older versions are also supported. If you experience problems and you have an earlier version, you should probably upgrade.
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#Python interpreter. [http://www.python.org/ Python] is an interpretable programming language. It is used in Madagascar installation scripts and project management scripts. Python comes pre-installed on some platforms. Madagascar supports both Python 2.7 and Python 3.
  
 
Each API option has [[Advanced Installation#Dependencies|its own prerequisites]].
 
Each API option has [[Advanced Installation#Dependencies|its own prerequisites]].
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# '''Configuration:''' Open a terminal window, change to the top Madagascar source directory, and run <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">./configure --prefix=/directory/where/you/want/madagascar/installed</syntaxhighlight> You can examine the <tt>config.py</tt> file that this command generates.  Additional options are available. You can obtain a full list of customizable variables by running <tt>scons -h</tt>. For example, to install Fortran-90 API bindings in addition to the basic package, run <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">./configure API=f90 --prefix=/directory/where/you/want/madagascar/installed</syntaxhighlight> After running <tt>./configure</tt> you may see a list of dependencies that your system does not have installed (the items that have "no" next to them). Most of them are optional. If you decide to install additional packages for your platform, rerun the <tt>./configure</tt> command.
 
# '''Configuration:''' Open a terminal window, change to the top Madagascar source directory, and run <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">./configure --prefix=/directory/where/you/want/madagascar/installed</syntaxhighlight> You can examine the <tt>config.py</tt> file that this command generates.  Additional options are available. You can obtain a full list of customizable variables by running <tt>scons -h</tt>. For example, to install Fortran-90 API bindings in addition to the basic package, run <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">./configure API=f90 --prefix=/directory/where/you/want/madagascar/installed</syntaxhighlight> After running <tt>./configure</tt> you may see a list of dependencies that your system does not have installed (the items that have "no" next to them). Most of them are optional. If you decide to install additional packages for your platform, rerun the <tt>./configure</tt> command.
 
# '''Building and installing the package:''' Run <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">make install</syntaxhighlight> If you need "root" privileges for installing under <tt>&#36;RSFROOT</tt>, you may need to run <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">make; su; make install</syntaxhighlight> or <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">make; sudo make install</syntaxhighlight> If <tt>make</tt> does not exist on your system, an alternative procedure can be found in the [[#Troubleshooting|Troubleshooting]] section.  
 
# '''Building and installing the package:''' Run <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">make install</syntaxhighlight> If you need "root" privileges for installing under <tt>&#36;RSFROOT</tt>, you may need to run <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">make; su; make install</syntaxhighlight> or <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">make; sudo make install</syntaxhighlight> If <tt>make</tt> does not exist on your system, an alternative procedure can be found in the [[#Troubleshooting|Troubleshooting]] section.  
# '''User setup:''' If your shell is <tt>sh</tt> or <tt>bash</tt>, add to your <tt>$HOME/.bashrc</tt> and <tt>$HOME/.bash_profile</tt> files the line <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">source $RSFROOT/share/madagascar/etc/env.sh</syntaxhighlight> where RSFROOT is the install directory you specified in the <tt>--prefix</tt> option to <tt>./configure</tt>. If your shell is <tt>(t)csh</tt>, add to your <tt>$HOME/.cshrc</tt> file the line <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">source $RSFROOT/share/madagascar/etc/env.csh</syntaxhighlight> Please be aware that, on some systems, the default value for DATAPATH set in the script above may get automatically cleaned at some intervals, so if you want to keep your data binaries for a long time, set <tt>DATAPATH</tt> in your resource file to another location where you have write access and that allows large files. Remember that the value of DATAPATH should have a slash at the end.
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# '''User setup:''' If your shell is <tt>sh</tt> or <tt>bash</tt>, add to your <tt>$HOME/.bashrc</tt> and <tt>$HOME/.profile</tt> files the line <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">source ~/RSFSRC/share/madagascar/etc/env.sh</syntaxhighlight> (if used somthing different in the <tt>--prefix</tt> option to <tt>./configure</tt>, use that instead of ~/RSFSRC). If your shell is <tt>(t)csh</tt>, add to your <tt>$HOME/.cshrc</tt> file the line <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">source ~/RSFSRC/share/madagascar/etc/env.csh</syntaxhighlight> (if used somthing different in the <tt>--prefix</tt> option to <tt>./configure</tt>, use that instead of ~/RSFSRC.) Please be aware that, on some systems, the default value for DATAPATH set in the script above may get automatically cleaned at some intervals, so if you want to keep your data binaries for a long time, set <tt>DATAPATH</tt> in your resource file to another location where you have write access and that allows large files. Remember that the value of DATAPATH should have a slash at the end. e.g. add <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">export DATAPATH=~/RSFDATA/ </syntaxhighlight> to ~/.bashrc and ~/.profile after the source  ~/RSFSRC/share/madagascar/etc/env.csh.  You will also need to create that directory with: <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">mkdir ~/RSFDATA/ </syntaxhighlight> using the command line in a terminal window.
  
 
==Uninstall==
 
==Uninstall==

Latest revision as of 08:07, 22 September 2020

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Madagascar has been installed and is periodically tested on

  • Different Linux distributions (Fedora, RedHat, Ubuntu, etc.)
  • Solaris
  • MacOS X
  • Windows under the Cygwin environment.

It was previously tested on

  • FreeBSD
  • HP-UX
  • SGI Irix
  • Windows under Microsoft's Services for UNIX environment.

Precompiled binary packages

See the Madagascar download page for availability of binary packages.

Installation from source

Platform-specific instructions

Specific instructions are provided for Windows users.

For other platform-specific instructions, please consult the Advanced Installation guide.

Prerequisites

  1. C compiler. Any ANSI-compliant compiler such as GCC should work. GCC usually comes pre-installed on Linux machines.
  2. Python interpreter. Python is an interpretable programming language. It is used in Madagascar installation scripts and project management scripts. Python comes pre-installed on some platforms. Madagascar supports both Python 2.7 and Python 3.

Each API option has its own prerequisites.

Prerequisites for optional add-on functionality are platform-specific.

Building under cygwin on Windows requires several preparatory steps.

General instructions

  1. Configuration: Open a terminal window, change to the top Madagascar source directory, and run
    ./configure --prefix=/directory/where/you/want/madagascar/installed
    
    You can examine the config.py file that this command generates. Additional options are available. You can obtain a full list of customizable variables by running scons -h. For example, to install Fortran-90 API bindings in addition to the basic package, run
    ./configure API=f90 --prefix=/directory/where/you/want/madagascar/installed
    
    After running ./configure you may see a list of dependencies that your system does not have installed (the items that have "no" next to them). Most of them are optional. If you decide to install additional packages for your platform, rerun the ./configure command.
  2. Building and installing the package: Run
    make install
    
    If you need "root" privileges for installing under $RSFROOT, you may need to run
    make; su; make install
    
    or
    make; sudo make install
    
    If make does not exist on your system, an alternative procedure can be found in the Troubleshooting section.
  3. User setup: If your shell is sh or bash, add to your $HOME/.bashrc and $HOME/.profile files the line
    source ~/RSFSRC/share/madagascar/etc/env.sh
    
    (if used somthing different in the --prefix option to ./configure, use that instead of ~/RSFSRC). If your shell is (t)csh, add to your $HOME/.cshrc file the line
    source ~/RSFSRC/share/madagascar/etc/env.csh
    
    (if used somthing different in the --prefix option to ./configure, use that instead of ~/RSFSRC.) Please be aware that, on some systems, the default value for DATAPATH set in the script above may get automatically cleaned at some intervals, so if you want to keep your data binaries for a long time, set DATAPATH in your resource file to another location where you have write access and that allows large files. Remember that the value of DATAPATH should have a slash at the end. e.g. add
    export DATAPATH=~/RSFDATA/
    
    to ~/.bashrc and ~/.profile after the source ~/RSFSRC/share/madagascar/etc/env.csh. You will also need to create that directory with:
    mkdir ~/RSFDATA/
    
    using the command line in a terminal window.

Uninstall

To clean all intermediate files and all installed files, run

scons -c install

or

make distclean

in the source code directory.

Troubleshooting

Alternative build/install procedure

  1. Set the environment variables: If your shell is sh or bash, type
    source env.sh
    
    Else, if your shell is csh or tcsh, type
    source env.csh
    
  2. Build: Type scons
  3. Install: Run scons install . If you need "root" privileges for installing under $RSFROOT, you may need to run
    su; scons install
    
    or
    sudo scons install
    

Other issues

Note that scons does not inherit your environmental variables including PATH. If the configuration part ends with the message like

checking if cc works ... failed

the problem may be that your compiler is in unusual place. Try

./configure CC=/full/path/to/cc

or

./configure CC=`which cc`

On Windows under SFU, use the gcc compiler

./configure CC=/opt/gcc.3.3/bin/gcc

For more information, please consult the Advanced Installation guide.

Testing and quick start

Here are a few simple tests and and a brief introduction to Madagascar:

Typing any Madagascar command in a terminal window without parameters should generate a brief documentation on that command. Try one of the following:

sfin
sfattr
sfspike
sfbandpass
sfwiggle

If you get an error like "Command not found", you may not have your $PATH environment variable set correctly, or you may need to issue the rehash command.

Now try making a simple Madagascar data file:

sfspike n1=1000 k1=300 > spike.rsf

This command generates a one dimensional list of 1000 numbers, all zero except for a spike equal to one at position 300. If this generates an error like

Cannot write to data file /path/spike.rsf@: Bad file descriptor

you may need to create the directory pointed to by your $DATAPATH environment variable.

The file spike.rsf is a text header. The actual data are stored in the binary file pointed to by the in= parameter in the header. You can look at the header file directly with more, or better, examine the file properties with

sfin spike.rsf

You can learn more about the contents of spike.rsf with

sfattr < spike.rsf

The following command applies a bandpass filter to spike.rsf and puts the result in filter.rsf:

sfbandpass fhi=2 phase=y < spike.rsf > filter.rsf

The following command makes a graphics file from filter.rsf:

sfwiggle clip=0.02 title="Welcome to Madagascar" < filter.rsf > filter.vpl

If you have an X11 display program running, and your $DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, you can display the graphics file with:

sfpen < filter.vpl

You can pipe Madagascar commands together and do the whole thing at once like this:

sfspike n1=1000 k1=300 | sfbandpass fhi=2 phase=y | \
sfwiggle clip=0.02 title="Welcome to Madagascar" | sfpen

If you have SCons installed, you can use it to automate Madagascar processing. Here is a simple SConstruct file to make filter.rsf and filter.vpl:

#
# Setting up
#
from rsf.proj import *

#
# Make filter.rsf
#
Flow('filter',None,'spike n1=1000 k1=300 | bandpass fhi=2 phase=y')

#
# Make filter.vpl
#
Result('filter','wiggle clip=0.02 title="Welcome to Madagascar"')

End()

Put the file in an empty directory, give it the name SConstruct, cd to that directory, and issue the command:

scons

The graphics file is now stored in the Fig subdirectory. You can view it manually with:

sfpen Fig/filter.vpl

... or you can use:

scons view

When an SConstruct file makes more than one graphics file, the scons view command will display all of them in sequence.

Welcome to Madagascar.

Now edit the SConstruct file: change the title string on the Result line to "Hello World!", save the file, and rerun the scons command. You will see that scons has figured out that the file filter.rsf does not need to be rebuilt because nothing that affects it has changed. Only the file filter.vpl is rebuilt.