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Announcing PV-WAVE on Linux [message #3494] Fri, 27 January 1995 10:16 Go to next message
lubosp is currently offline  lubosp
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Registered: January 1993
Junior Member
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ANNOUNCING PV-WAVE on Linux

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The Linux version of PV-WAVE is available on following ftp sites:

ftp://ftp.boulder.vni.com/VNI/linux
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/pv-wave

[ Note: We have uploaded PV-WAVE on Linux to sunsite.unc.edu into the
/pub/Linux/Incoming directory. We expect it to get moved to the
above directory in the near future. ]

Visual Numerics is considering releasing the LINUX version as a
commercially supported product. The purpose of this version is to
determine the market acceptance for the product. Current PV-WAVE
users will be most successful with this pre-release version of the
product, since the on-line documentation has not been implemented.
For first time users the demo and gallery programs will help you get
started. The PV-WAVE Tutorial is available in Postscript format which
can be found in the file

docs/tutorial/tu_wave50.ps

in the distribution file

wave_docs.linux.tar.gz

The LINUX version of PV-WAVE does not require a softkey, but a time
bomb has been set in the code and will expire April 19, 1995. Your
input is an important part of the market research. Please fill out
the questionnaire in readme.linux and e-mail your response to

margaret@boulder.vni.com

or fax to Margaret Journey at

+1 (303) 530-7043.


What is PV-WAVE?

PV-WAVE combines advanced graphics, flexible data access, numerics
and statistics in one integrated analysis environment -- empowering
you to quickly and effectively explore, visualize, and solve even
your most difficult data and equation based problems. PV-WAVE's
interactive array-oriented 4GL analyzes and displays you data as
you enter commands, eliminating the time-consuming compile, link
and debug cycles required by traditional 3GL development tools
like C or FORTRAN. And because the command language is designed
specifically to analyze data, you can reduce your coding by up to
80%.


Minimum System Requirements

Hardware: 486/50 machine
16M memory

OS: LINUX 1.09

Window System: XFree86 (X11R5)

Note. Motif does not need to be installed to run PV-WAVE. All Xt
Intrinsics and Motif libraries are linked statically.


How to get it

The LINUX version of PV-WAVE consists of five compressed tar files
(uncompressed, compressed sizes):

wave_bin.linux.tar.gz - the PV-WAVE CL Linux Binaries (~12 Mb, ~3.2 Mb)
wave_demo.linux.tar.gz - the PV-WAVE CL Demo Files (~40 Mb, ~12.3 Mb)
wave_prog.linux.tar.gz - the PV-WAVE Programmer's Files ( ~3 Mb, ~1.0 Mb)
wave_map.linux.tar.gz - the PV-WAVE CL Mapping (~11 Mb, ~6.9 Mb)
wave_docs.linux.tar.gz - the PV-WAVE CL Tutorial (~13 MB, ~3.5 Mb)

The wave_bin.linux.tar.gz is mandatory (you need at least 12 Mb of disk
space). The other files are optional, but we encourage you to download
demo files to learn more about PV-WAVE (you need additional 40 Mb for
demo files).

To get the LINUX version of PV-WAVE:

1. Create root directory, for example:

> mkdir /usr/local/vni
> cd /usr/local/vni

2. Download above mentioned files (or subset of those) from VNI
anonymous ftp, or Linux ftp sites:

> ftp ftp.boulder.vni.com
or
> ftp sunsite.unc.edu

Login by entering anonymous for the username and your email address
(login@host) for the password.

ftp> cd VNI/linux or /pub/Linux/apps/pv-wave
ftp> binary
ftp> get readme.linux
ftp> get wave_bin.linux.tar.gz
ftp> get wave_demo.linux.tar.gz
.
.
ftp> quit

3. Uncompress, untar the files:

> gzip -dc wave_bin.linux.tar.gz | tar xvof -

4. Create wvsetup, wvsetup.sh file:

> cd /usr/local/vni/wave
> bin/make_wvsetup

5. Run the PV-WAVE setup file and wave:

csh> source bin/wvsetup or sh> . bin/wvsetup.sh
> wave


If you have technical questions or comments, please e-mail

lubosp@boulder.vni.com

or fax to Lubos Pochman at

+1 (303) 530-7043.


We also provide a listproc service which can provide you wil helpful
information. To subscribe send mail to

listproc@boulder.vni.com

with the following message in the body

subscribe PV-WAVE FirstName LastName

or just to receive information about PV-WAVE, use the following message
in the body

info pv-wave


Additionally, there is a newsgroup specifically for discussions and
questions concerning PV-WAVE. You can read this newsgroup by subscribing
to

--
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
Lubos Pochman, Visual Numerics, Inc. phone: (303)581-3355
email: lubosp@boulder.vni.com
Re: Announcing PV-WAVE on Linux [message #3510 is a reply to message #3494] Mon, 06 February 1995 15:59 Go to previous message
uphlabh is currently offline  uphlabh
Messages: 8
Registered: December 1994
Junior Member
In article <3h5v6g$l2c@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>,
Tim Patterson <patterso@astrosun.tn.cornell.edu> wrote:
> Helge Rebhan (hrebhan@awi-bremerhaven.de) wrote:
> : You're right with respect to the 'real'(?) PC's where Linux is a good
> : choise to replace MS-DOS or other stone-aged Microsoft Products.
>
> Had to quote this as its till amazes me how many people believe that
> Unix is the be-all-and-end-all of operating Systems. Unix is just as
> stone-aged as MS-DOS in a lot of resepcts!
>
Hi guys,

I don't want to sound like a moderator or anything, but please direct your
os flames to comp.os.*! This is *NOT* the place for it!

Regards,

Brian
Re: Announcing PV-WAVE on Linux [message #3514 is a reply to message #3494] Mon, 06 February 1995 12:01 Go to previous message
patterso is currently offline  patterso
Messages: 36
Registered: February 1995
Member
Helge Rebhan (hrebhan@awi-bremerhaven.de) wrote:
: You're right with respect to the 'real'(?) PC's where Linux is a good
: choise to replace MS-DOS or other stone-aged Microsoft Products.

Had to quote this as its till amazes me how many people believe that
Unix is the be-all-and-end-all of operating Systems. Unix is just as
stone-aged as MS-DOS in a lot of resepcts!

Tim
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