RE: New package for testing: OpenDX

["Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi at hkpharma dot com>]

Sorry, it is useless for Cygwin. 



Suhaib M. Siddiqi, Ph.D.

Director of Chemistry
HK Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: 	cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
[mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]  On Behalf Of Nicholas Wourms
Sent:	Friday, May 24, 2002 3:41 AM
To:	Harold Hunt; cygx
Subject:	RE: New package for testing: OpenDX

Harold,

It's just an "addon" global .profile script that runs after
/etc/profile. 
The reasoning behind this is to allow package vendors to affect
environmental variables without having to actually patch the current
/etc/profile.  The syntax is, therefore, exactly the same as you'd
expect
from a .profile file.  All one does is make new files
/etc/profile.d/foo.sh (for bash and sh shells) and
/etc/profile.d/foo.csh
(for tcsh and csh shells) containing the environmentals one wnat to set.

Take, for example, gnome.sh on SuSE Linux:
#
#    /etc/profile.d/gnome.sh
#
# send feedback to feedback@suse.de

#
#  Expanding PATH
#
export PATH=$PATH:/opt/gnome/bin
#
#  While compiling GNOME programs, we also look into
#  /usr for libs, includes, etc.:
#
export GNOME_PATH=$GNOME_PATH:/opt/gnome:/usr

#
#  Setting GNOMEDIR
#
export GNOMEDIR=/opt/gnome

As you can see, all the necessary environmentals for gnome are
conviently
located in this file.  If the user uninstalls gnome the variables go
away.
 By allowing the modularity in configuration, one saves the headaches of
dealing with post(un)install setup of new packages.  Now, seeing as how
I
just wanted to see what OpenDX was, I'm not the expert on it.  So, I
don't
think I'm the best person to "ask" what environmentals need to be setup.

FWIW, I think it might be advisable to include a similar script with the
Xfree packages to make sure the user's environmentals are setup so that
they can use startx, etc...  I hope this helps :).

Cheers,
Nicholas
--- Harold Hunt <huntharo@msu.edu> wrote:
> Nicholas,
> 
> Believe it or not, I have no idea how to write a profile.d... in fact,
> I've
> never even heard of one until you just mentioned it.  Perhaps you
could
> write one to get me started?
> 
> Harold
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Nicholas Wourms
> > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 10:36 AM
> > To: Harold L Hunt; Billinghurst@msu.edu, David (CRTS); cygx
> > Subject: RE: New package for testing: OpenDX
> >
> >
> > Harold,
> >
> > I've been playing with this one too.  First, the INSTALL document in
> > /usr/X11R6/doc/dx-4.1.3 is a 0-byte file.  I'm also wondering if you
> > shouldn't make a /etc/profile.d to setup the necessary environmental
> > variables?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Nicholas
> > --- Harold L Hunt <huntharo@msu.edu> wrote:
> > > David,
> > >
> > > Actually I was hoping that Suhaib would see this and tell me what
to
> > > fix.  I
> > > did at one point get an OpenDX window to appear, but I don't have
> any
> > > experience with DX to tell if this was the expected window, etc.
It
> was
> > > my
> > > understanding that OpenDX just has Cygwin support built-in now...
> but
> > > you may
> > > be right that there are platform config files that are missing.
> > >
> > > Let me know if you find more information about what to do to the
> > > package.
> > >
> > > I'll cc this to Suhaib's last known address to see if he has any
> > > comments.
> > >
> > > Harold
> > >
> > > "Billinghurst, David (CRTS)" <David.Billinghurst@riotinto.com>
said:
> > >
> > > > Harold,
> > > >
> > > > I have grabbed this and installed it.  Haven't got it
> > > > to work yet.
> > > >
> > > > 1. The 4.2.0 source was released a couple of days ago ;->
> > > > 2. Need to use /bin/tcsh rather than /bin/csh in
> > > >    /usr/X11R6/dx/bin/dx
> > > > 3. The dx script gives up with message "unknown machine type"
> > > >    It seems to be missing platform specific stuff for cygwin
> > > > 4. I recall a working cygwin binaries from Suhaib Siddiqi
> > > >    some time ago - late 2000? - so there must be patches
> > > >    around.  I will see if I still have it on a CD somewhere.
> > > >
> > > > 	David
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Harold Hunt [mailto:huntharo@msu.edu]
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, 22 May 2002 2:28
> > > > To: cygx
> > > > Subject: New package for testing: OpenDX
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I've posted a new package, OpenDX, for testing to the
> > > sources.redhat.com
> > > > mirror network.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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