Docs: HowTo Install ERPSS Software

The ERPSS package contains all of the utilities needed to perform data analysis on log and raw files collected using the Acquisition software. Unzip/extract the files (if necessary) to any desired directory on your Linux box. You will need at least 80MB of space to extract the package files.

# tar -zxvf erpss_rhlinux.tar.gz

Once the package has been extracted, you should have a subdirectory called ~/erpss that contains all of the data analysis tools. The directory ~/erpss/bin contains the compiled binaries (executables), ~/erpss/src contains the original source code, ~/erpss/lib contains the library files and some configuration files (e.g. graphicdevs, etc.), ~/erpss/doc contains the man pages and some other extraneous documentation.

Now create a symbolic link in the /usr directory to your installed erpss files...name it "erpss":

# cd /usr
# ln -s <your erpss folder path> erpss

Then modify your PATH environment variable to include the /usr/erpss directory. You may also want to modify your MANPATH env variable to include /usr/erpss/doc/man so that you have direct access to the man files for erpss programs.

Now test your installation:

# filtertest cxwk

If you see a new graphic window appear with various test patterns, you are done. If you receive an error about X not being able to open a window, check to make sure your server is running as an X server. If you get an error about the filtertest binary not being a valid program, or incompatible binary, you may need to recompile the ERPSS source for your Linux version!

To recompile the ERPSS packages, you can either recompile the entire ERPSS source tree, or you can recompile the individual programs independently.

To recompile the entire ERPSS source tree:

# cd /usr/erpss/src
# make

To recompile individual programs within the ERPSS:

# cd /usr/erpss/src/<program source directory>
# make

That's it!! You have now installed the ERPSS package.