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| * When installing debian (stretch), if you need to create a new partition table for the OS disks do not use GPT - this (when combined with RAID) is incompatible with setting the bootable flag and/or installing grub. Use a DOS partition table, mark as for linux RAID & bootable, install the OS to the software RAID and install grub to one or both SSDs. | * When installing debian (stretch), if you need to create a new partition table for the OS disks do not use GPT - this (when combined with RAID) is incompatible with setting the bootable flag and/or installing grub. Use a DOS partition table, mark as for linux RAID & bootable, install the OS to the software RAID and install grub to one or both SSDs. | ||
| * In the main BIOS, make sure that the HDD boot priority is set to use the SSDs rather than the megaRAID drives. | * In the main BIOS, make sure that the HDD boot priority is set to use the SSDs rather than the megaRAID drives. | ||
| - | * After installing debian, edit /etc/apt/sources.list to use "main contrib non-free" sources throughout. Run ''apt-get update'' and then ''apt-get install libfuse-dev emacs nfs-kernel-server tightvncserver libfftw3-dev python iftop iotop wireshark make automake build-essential gfortran x11vnc nfs-kernel-server nfs-common gparted pkg-config g++ gfortran bison flex libexpat1-dev fftw3-dev autoconf automake libtool build-essential pgplot5 subversion libopenmpi-dev openmpi-bin rpcbind ethtool libpng-dev libx11-dev mlocate bc '' | + | * After installing debian, edit /etc/apt/sources.list to use "main contrib non-free" sources throughout. Run ''apt-get update'' and then ''apt-get install libfuse-dev emacs nfs-kernel-server tightvncserver libfftw3-dev python iftop iotop wireshark make automake build-essential gfortran x11vnc nfs-kernel-server nfs-common gparted ntp ntpdate pkg-config g++ gfortran bison flex libexpat1-dev fftw3-dev autoconf automake libtool build-essential pgplot5 subversion libopenmpi-dev gv openmpi-bin rpcbind ethtool libpng-dev libx11-dev mlocate bc dnsutils rsync xfsprogs ghostscript-x libgsl0-dev'' |
| * This should build in the pre-requisites for DiFX, fourfit, jive5ab, etc. | * This should build in the pre-requisites for DiFX, fourfit, jive5ab, etc. | ||
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| net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_filter = 1 | net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_filter = 1 | ||
| net.core.netdev_max_backlog = 20971752 | net.core.netdev_max_backlog = 20971752 | ||
| - | net.ipv4.udp_mem = "65536 131072 262144" | + | net.ipv4.udp_mem = 65536 131072 262144 |
| net.core.optmem_max = 50331648 | net.core.optmem_max = 50331648 | ||
| vfs_cache_pressure = 50 | vfs_cache_pressure = 50 | ||
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| * NB - in Debian 9, the libpng12-dev package has been removed while HOPS explicitly links against it. You can work around this by editing the configure script and changing all references to ''-lpng12'' to ''-lpng''. Then you should be able to configure & build the software with ''./configure ; make'' | * NB - in Debian 9, the libpng12-dev package has been removed while HOPS explicitly links against it. You can work around this by editing the configure script and changing all references to ''-lpng12'' to ''-lpng''. Then you should be able to configure & build the software with ''./configure ; make'' | ||
| * If all goes well, then use ''make install'' as su and then run ''make check'' | * If all goes well, then use ''make install'' as su and then run ''make check'' | ||
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| + | * Lastly, edit the ''~/.bashrc'' file to fix some issues and to link the newly installed programs. | ||
| + | * Comment out the "If not running interactively" logic - this interferes with openmpi | ||
| + | * export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib/ | ||
| + | * . ~/DiFX-2.5.2/setup.bash | ||
| + | * export CALCDB=/home/observer/DiFX-2.5.2/applications/calcserver/trunk/calc9.1 | ||
| + | * export PATH=${DIFXROOT}/bin:${PATH} | ||
| + | * export HOPS_QUIET=1 | ||
| + | * . HOPS/hops-3.18/hops.bash | ||
| + | * export PGPLOT_DEV="/xs" | ||
| + | * export HOPS_STATION_CODE=/home/observer/hops_station_code.txt | ||
| + | * export DEF_CONTROL=~/cf_def | ||
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