P2PP V.1.x Instrument Package installation instructions

These instructions apply to P2PP V.1.1 and later, and assume that a base installation was succesfully completed. If necessary, see the Phase II Proposal Preparation page.
  1. Change directory to where the P2PP system is installed:
       cd $P2PP

  2. Retrieve the latest Instrument Package(s) (gzipped tar files) into the current directory: that is, p2pp-<version> or ot-<version>.

  3. For every Instrument Package you retrieved, execute the command sequence:

    rm -rf instruments/<instrument>
    gunzip -c <instrument-package> | tar xovf -

    where <instrument> is the name of an instrument (for instance, EMMI), and <instrument-package> is the name of the corresponding Instrument Package (for instance, EMMI-IP-29-Jan-98.tar.gz).

  4. At this point you may remove the Instrument Packages you retrieved.


For assistance, contact the
User Support Group
Last modified: 25 Feb 2000