Setup CDS software on Workstations

  1. change controls UID to 1001, and controls GID to 1001 because all of the CDS files owned by controls account with UID=1001 and GID=1001. see https://awiki.ligo-wa.caltech.edu/aLIGO/CdsUbuntuDesktopBuild 

  2. sudo chown 1001 /frames
sudo chown -R 1001:1001 /frames/*
sudo chown 1001 /opt
sudo chown 1001 /opt/apps
sudo chown 1001 /opt/rtcds
sudo chown -R 1001:1001 /opt/apps/*
sudo chown -R 1001:1001 /opt/rtcds/*
  3. sudo apt-get install tcsh
  4. change default shell to tcsh 
  5. sudo apt-get install g++
  6. Install Matlab with simulink at /opt/apps/linux64/matlab

  7. install NFS client as 

    sudo apt-get install nfs-common

  8. add in /etc/fstab

    standalone:/opt/rtcds   /opt/rtcds      nfs     rw,bg,soft       0       0
standalone:/opt/rtapps  /opt/rtapps     nfs     rw,bg,soft       0       0
standalone:/opt/cdscfg  /opt/cdscfg     nfs     rw,bg,soft       0       0

  9. add in /etc/hosts

    131.215.113.100 standalone
131.215.113.110 desktop1
  10. sudo reboot

Root compilation

How to put icon on panel bar

  1. Make a Custom Application Launcher by right click on panel bar and select Add to Panel. In "Command" put like 

    tcsh -c 'cd /opt/rtcds/tst/x1/medm/ && /opt/apps/linux64/epics/extensions/bin/linux-x86_64/medm -x'