================================================================================ To install a precompiled ARB ================================================================================ 1. download the needed files from our homepage http://www.arb-home.de/ and save them into a directory of your choice (i.e. ~/arb-install/ ) Files needed: 'arb.tgz' and 'arb_install.sh' 2. get root 3. run arb_install.sh and follow the instructions 4. Install packages needed by ARB: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4a. If you're using Ubuntu please refer to: * the detailed list of packets to install for ARB: arb_UBUNTU.txt * the package-install-skript for ubuntu: SH/arb_installubuntu4arb.sh -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4b. Otherwise use your package manager to install the software that is needed to run ARB: - xview - (open)motif - bash - libpng - xterm Only needed for Open GL version: - OPENGL - libGLEW -- Open GL extensions library (see subdirectory lib/addlibs) Software that is useful together with ARB: - gnuplot - ghostview (gv) - xfig (+ fig2dev to print from xfig) - perl5 - treetool -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you don't want to use the 3D features in ARB, you may as well install the Non-OPENGL version of ARB: Instead of downloading arb.tgz, download arb_noOPENGL.tgz. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Libraries needed to run 32-bit ARB on 64-bit machine: (checked on OpenSuSE 10.2) - openmotif-libs-32bit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you get errors about missing libraries when calling arb, have a look if there are different versions of the missing libraries in /usr/lib and create a link there. Most likely you'll be missing libXm.so.4, so the following example describes how to solve the problem for that library: # as superuser: cd /usr/lib ln -s libXm.so.4 libXm.so.3 ================================================================================ To build ARB from source ================================================================================ 1. download the needed files from our homepage http://www.arb-home.de/ and save them into a directory of your choice (i.e. ~/arb-build/ ) Files needed: 'arbsrc*.tgz' 2. Unpack the source e.g. tar -zxvf arbsrc_2003_05_22.tgz 3. Run make all and follow the instructions there. Additional software that is needed to compile ARB: -------------------------------------------------- - expat, xmllint, sablotron 0.82-1.0 [needed for target 'help' only] - openmotif, openmotif-devel - xaw??? - xview-devel - libtiff-devel - java 1.3.1 or above [needed for arb_probe_library only] - lynx Additional software that is needed to compile open gl parts: ------------------------------------------------------------ - mesa - mesa-devel - mesaglw (opensuse) - mesaglw-devel (opensuse) - libpng - libglew - freeglut - freeglut-devel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- If we forgot something (or if your OS needs something special) please notify us (devel@arb-home.de). We will mention it here.. ----------------------------------------------------------------------