1) Insert the lines between the lines of '----' at the end of your 
~/.bashrc file on your laptop 

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alias ls='ls -FC --color=auto'
export HOMEMWC=/nfs/solar/home/mchoptuik
export PATH=:.:$HOME/bin:$PATH
export CC='gcc'
export CXX='g++'
export CFLAGS='-I/usr/local/include -O6'
export CFLAGS_NOOPT='-I/usr/local/include'
export CPPFLAGS="-DHAVE_STRDUP=1"
export CXXFLAGS='-I/usr/local/include -O6'
export CCF77LIBS='-lgfortran -lm'

export CCFLAGS='-O6'
export CCCFLAGS='-I/usr/local/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -DHAVE_STRDUP=1 -c'
export CCLFLAGS='-L/usr/local/lib'

export FC='gfortran'
export FFLAGS='-fno-second-underscore -O6'
export F77='gfortran'
export F77FLAGS='-fno-second-underscore -O6'
export F77LFLAGS='-fno-second-underscore -L/usr/local/lib'
export F90='gfortran'
export F90FLAGS='-O6'
export F90CFLAGS='-c'
export F90LFLAGS='-L/usr/local/lib'

export RNPL_RNPL='rnpl'
export RNPL_F77="$F77 $F77FLAGS"
export RNPL_F77LOAD="$F77 $F77FLAGS $F77LFLAGS"
export RNPL_F77PP=touch
export RNPL_FLIBS="-lrnpl -lxvs"

export RNPL_CC="$CC $CCFLAGS -I/usr/local/include"
export RNPL_CCLOAD="$CC $CCFLAGS -L/usr/local/lib"
export RNPL_CLIBS="-lrnpl -lxvs  -lm"
export BBH_CHECK_DEFAULTS="NONE"
export LIB_PATHS="/usr/local/lib"
export INCLUDE_PATHS="/usr/local/include"
export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib"

export XVSHOST=`hostname`
export DVHOST=`hostname`
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Note that whenever you make changes to ~/.bashrc (the bash startup file,
see 'man bash' for more details), you must either

 i)  Start a new shell (terminal window)
 ii) Execute 

     % source ~/.bashrc
    
     for the changes to take effect

2) Start a new terminal window and ensure that 'xvs' starts

% xvs

3) Continue with the instructions at

http://bh0.phas.ubc.ca/pi-nr/www/w1dcn.html