AIPS HP-UX Install Notes

Most recently updated on $Date: 1997/05/21 18:20:51 $

The test installation was performed on a HP 9000/735 running HP-UX A.09.01.

• You can and should use the default cc compiler, both for the F2PS and F2TEXT and other programs in $SYSUNIX, and for the regular compilation (if installing from source).
• The Makefile for XAS did not work on HP-UX 9 (unless you have GNU make or gmake). The macro expansion of $(ARCH) fails. Just substitute "HP" for the string "$(ARCH)" wherever it appears and it should work.
• Of all the architectures, HP (HP-UX 9) gave the most problems when porting the GNU Readline library and incorporating it into AIPS. You should not try and use the readline functionality and the suspend key (usually Control-Z); the NORL option (no readline) of the aips command can be used if you really must have the ability to suspend the program.
• The dual library feature (debug and non-debug libraries) is not available for HP-UX. A HP-specific version of the LINK shell script is used which is more primitive than the generic script.