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Downloading DATAPLOT for non-Unix, non-Windows Hosts
Contact Information
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February 2002.
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Introduction
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Dataplot is available in executable form for various types of
Unix platforms, for PC Windows, and for Mac OSX. We do not
provide executables for other environments because we do not
have these platforms available at NIST. However, the Dataplot
source code is quite portable and Dataplot can in fact be
installed on a wide variety of machines. For example, at NIST
over the past 20 years we have used Univac EXEC-8, VAX/VMS,
CDC NOS/VE, Sun Solaris, and Windows NT/2000 systems as the
primary development platforms for Dataplot. Dataplot has been
installed successfully on several other types of mainframe
platforms by customers.
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The primary requirements are access to a good Fortran compiler and sufficient memory ("segmented" versions of Dataplot have been created on machines with limited memory, however this is now essentially a non-issue on modern computer hardware). If you have a machine for which a pre-built executable is not available, you can download the source code and compile the code on your local system.
Anonymous FTP Preferred Download Method
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For unsupported hosts, the source and auxiliary files can be
transferred via anonymous ftp. If your system does not support
ftp, contact Alan Heckert
for assistance. We may be able to send the source code on
some other type of media such as CD-R.
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We do not provide executables for non-Unix/PC/Mac OSX platforms. If you install Dataplot for another platform and would be willing to provide the resulting executable for other users, contact Alan Heckert to make arrangements. Users who do not have a Fortran compiler available, but do have a an ANSI standard C compiler should check the C version discussion.
Anonymous FTP Download Instructions
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Since the following source files are intended for a generic use,
they are provided as ASCII text files (i.e., no compression and
packing as done with tar on Unix and PKZIP on the PC). For this
reason, we give the instructions for accessing the files from an
anonymous ftp site rather than automatic web downloading.
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From your local machine, create a "root" directory for Dataplot and move to that directory. I suggest creating 3 sub-directories with the names SRC, LIB, and BIN. I will use the names in the discussion below. If you use different names, make the appropriate substitutions in the instructions below. Use anonymous ftp to copy the files.
user>anonymous password><e-mail address> ftp>cd /pub/dataplot/other ftp>lcd src ftp>cd src ftp>prompt off ftp>mget *.c ftp>mget *.f ftp>mget *.INC ftp>cd ../command ftp>mget * ftp>cd ../reference ftp>lcd ../lib ftp>mget * ftp>cd .. ftp>lcd .. ftp>get minitest.dp minitest.dp ftp>quit The src directory contains about 50 Fortran source files, about 25 INCLUDE files, and about 3 C source files. Once the files are copied to your local machine, you may need to copy them to match the file extensions and names used on your local machine. The source is approximately 15 megabytes. This can vary somewhat depending on what system you are on. The reference files take about 2 MB total (most of this is the on-line help files).
Make Code Changes and Create a Build Script
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The next step is to make any needed
source code changes.
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The next step is to create a command script to compile and link DATAPLOT.
$!DATAPLOT=="RUN
$!DATAPLOT=="RUN DISK$STAT:[FILLIB.DATAPLOT]DATAPLOT.EXE
Test Dataplot Installation
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Once you successfully build a Dataplot executable, you
can test it with the following macro:
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device 1 <insert proper device here> call minitest.dp exit
Installation Problems
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If you have problems with the installation, contact
Alan Heckert
for assistance.
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Date created: 6/5/2001 |
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