10.1.1 Details of the Unix Binary Installation

The install script should be self-explanatory; just run it and answer the questions. This section gives some details for system administrators and other users who may want to know more about the installation.

The installation is actually done by make; the install script queries the user for the settings of the following make variables and then invokes make install.

GEOMROOT:

the absolute pathname of the Geomview root directory. The geomview shell script, which is what users invoke to run Geomview, uses this to set various environment variables that Geomview needs. It is very important that this be an absolute pathname — i.e. it should start with a '/'.

BINDIR:

a directory where executable files are installed. The geomview shell script goes here, as well as various other auxiliary programs that can be used in conjunction with geomview. This should be a directory that is on users' $path. These auxiliary programs are distributed in the $GEOMROOT/bin/<MACHTYPE> directory; if you specify this directory for BINDIR, they are left in that directory.

MANDIR:

a directory where Unix manual pages are installed. These are distributed in the $GEOMROOT/man subdirectory; if you specify this directory for MANDIR, they are left in that directory.

MMAPACKAGEDIR:

a directory where Mathematica packages are installed. This should be a directory that Mathematica searches for packages that it loads; you can see what directories your Mathematica searches by looking at the value of the $Path variable in a Mathematica session. The installation process will install some packages there which allow you to use Geomview to display Mathematica graphics. These packages are distributed in the $GEOMROOT/mathematica subdirectory; if you specify this directory for MMAPACKAGEDIR, or if you specify the empty string for MMAPACKAGEDIR, the packages are left in that directory. For more details about the way these Mathematica packages connect to Geomview, see Package Installation.