(Rough) Installation Instructions for RNPL/xvs/DV On Linux

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0. Software prerequisites

  1. Fortran 77 (f77 or gfortran)
  2. OpenGL headers and libraries.
  3. JPEG headers and libraries.

1. Install RNPL and related libraries

  1. Download rnpletal.tar.gz.
  2. tar zxf rnpletal.tar.gz
  3. cd rnpletal
  4. ./Install.gnu /usr/local

2. Install xforms

  1. Download xforms-1.0.tar.gz.
  2. tar zxf xforms-1.0.tar.gz
  3. cd xforms-1.0
  4. xmkmf -a
  5. make install
See xforms-1.0/00README for detailed installation instructions.

Alternatively, you can install xforms from your Linux distribution, in which case you need to ensure that you install both the basic xforms libraries as well as the development package (the specific names of these will vary from distribution to distribution)

3. Install mpeg_encode

  1. Download mpeg_encode-1.5c.tar.gz.
  2. tar zxf mpeg_encode-1.5c.tar.gz
  3. cd mpeg_encode-1.5c
  4. ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
  5. make install

4. Install xvs

  1. Download xvs.tar.gz.
  2. tar zxf xvs.tar.gz
  3. cd xvs
  4. ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
  5. make install

5. Install DV

  1. Download DV.tar.gz.
  2. tar zxf DV.tar.gz
  3. cd DV
  4. ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
  5. make install