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McIDAS-XRD for XP 2008
Software and Instructions

McIDAS-XRD for XP 2008 was distributed 27 May 2008, and must be built and installed after McIDAS-X for XP 2008 (or later) is installed.

You can obtain the McIDAS-XRD for XP files through this web page using your site's login and password (which was also listed on the cover letter that was enclosed with the May 2008 upgrade package mailed to your site coordinator). If you do not know the login and password, ask your site coordinator. If you have a problem obtaining these files via the web, ask your site coordinator to contact the McIDAS Help Desk by e-mail or by phone at (608) 262-2455.

Complete the following steps to obtain and install the McIDAS-XRD for XP software.

  1. Download the following three files to the ~mcidas directory on your McIDAS-X for XP workstation.

    Note: The McIDAS-XRD for XP installation will fail if the names of the downloaded files do not exactly match those listed below. If your Web browser changes the names of the files during download (e.g., mcxrd2008.tar.gz becomes mcxrd2008_tar.gz), you must rename the files to those below before installing McIDAS-XRD for XP.

    File name Size Description
    mcxrd2008.sh 13 KB shell script that does the install/uninstall
    mcxrd2008.sp 0.2 KB disk space requirements file used by mcxrd2008.sh
    mcxrd2008.tar.gz 60 MB compressed tar file containing the binaries, source & data files
  2. Log on to the workstation as mcidas and start a SFU Korn shell. Run all commands below from the ~mcidas directory.

    Go to step 3 if a previous version of McIDAS-XRD for XP is installed. Go to step 4 if this is the initial installation of McIDAS-XRD for XP.

  3. Uninstall the previous version of McIDAS-XRD for XP with the command below, replacing version# with the number of the version (e.g., 2007).
    Type: sh ./mcxrdversion#.sh uninstall
  4. Install McIDAS-XRD 2008 for XP.
    Type: sh ./mcxrd2008.sh install

Once these steps are completed, you should be able to run any of the commands included in the McIDAS-XRD for XP 2008 package. If a previous version of McIDAS-XRD for XP was installed, it should be removed after version 2008 is installed, tested, and working properly. Run the commands below to remove it, replacing version# with the number of the version (e.g., 2007).

Type: rm mcxrdversion#.sh
Type: rm mcxrdversion#.sp
Type: rm mcxrdversion#.tar.gz
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