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AIPS Installation

This is a guide to installing AIPS Classic, DIFMAP, and ParselTongue on a Ubuntu 22.04 VM, assuming the host is a Windows machine running Oracle VM Virtualbox. The guide also includes instructions for setting up remote AIPS access and X11 forwarding, allowing for the use of AIPS by SSHing into a headless VM from the Windows host.

AIPS Classic

  1. Install pre-requisites for Ubuntu 22.04

    sudo apt-get install -y cvs gfortran libncurses-dev openssh-client openssh-server printer-driver-cups-pdf xterm

  2. Download latest version of AIPS installer (31DEC24) into a directory that will be the AIPSROOT

    wget -nc http://www.aips.nrao.edu/31DEC24/install.pl

  3. Execute the installer script with Perl

    chmod u+x install.pl
perl install.pl -n

  4. AIPS installation parameters

    • Screen 5: Site Name - aips
    • Screen 8: Printers - Press D to discover printers, then set printer type to COLOR, printer paper to A4
    • Accept defaults on everything else

  5. Add the following login script to ~/.bashrc

    . /home/aips/aipsroot/LOGIN.SH

  6. Add AIPS servers to UNIX network by adding the following to /etc/services

    sssin           5000/tcp        SSSIN      # AIPS TV server
ssslock         5002/tcp        SSSLOCK    # AIPS TV Lock
msgserv         5008/tcp        MSGSERV    # AIPS Message Server
tekserv         5009/tcp        TEKSERV    # AIPS TekServer
aipsmt0         5010/tcp        AIPSMT0    # AIPS remote FITS disk access
aipsmt1         5011/tcp        AIPSMT1    # AIPS remote tape 1
aipsmt2         5012/tcp        AIPSMT2    # AIPS remote tape 2
aipsmt3         5013/tcp        AIPSMT3    # AIPS remote tape 3
aipsmt4         5014/tcp        AIPSMT4    # AIPS remote tape 4
aipsmt5         5015/tcp        AIPSMT5    # AIPS remote tape 5
aipsmt6         5016/tcp        AIPSMT6    # AIPS remote tape 6
aipsmt7         5017/tcp        AIPSMT7    # AIPS remote tape 7

DIFMAP

  1. Install pre-requisites for Ubuntu 22.04

    sudo apt-get install -y build-essential fort77 gawk gfortran libncurses-dev libx11-dev make pgplot5

  2. Download latest version of DIFMAP installer (2.5q) into a preferred directory (e.g. home directory)

    wget -nc ftp://ftp.astro.caltech.edu/pub/difmap/difmap2.5q.tar.gz

  3. Extract the tarball

    tar -xvzf difmap2.5q.tar.gz

  4. Enter the uvf_difmap directory, configure, and compile difmap

    cd uvf_difmap_2.5q
./configure linux-ia64-gcc
./makeall

  5. Add the following login script to ~/.bashrc

    export PATH=$PATH:/home/aips/uvf_difmap_2.5q/

ParselTongue

Assuming Python 3 is already installed and fully set up, install ParselTongue using the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kettenis-w/parseltongue
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3-parseltongue

AIPS Remote

For remote AIPS, set port forwarding in the VM:

  • Protocol: TCP
  • Host IP: 127.0.0.XXX
  • Host Port: 22
  • Guest IP: 10.0.2.15
  • Guest Port: 22

To access using a Windows machine, install VcXsrv and PuTTY. Launch VcXsrv in multi-window mode.

In PuTTY, set the hostname to 127.0.0.XXX with port 22. Set the following settings:

  • Window - Appearance - Cursor appearance - Vertical line
  • Window - Appearance - Cursor appearance - Cursor blink (true)
  • Window - Appearance - Font settings - Font: Courier New, 11-point
  • Window - Selection - Control use of mouse - Windows (Middle extends, Right brings up menu)
  • Window - Selection - Assign copy/paste actions to clipboards - Ctrl + Shift + {C, V} for System clipboard, no action for others
  • Connection - SSH - X11 - Enable X11 forwarding (true)

For first time runs, create the ~/.Xdefaults file with the following content:

AIPStv*geometry: 800x800+0+0
AIPStv*xPixels: 850
AIPStv*yPixels: 850
AIPStv*charMult: 1
AIPSmsg*background: black
AIPSmsg*foreground: white
AIPSmsg*faceName: Courier New
AIPSmsg*faceSize: 9
AIPStek*background: black
AIPStek*foreground: white
AIPStek*faceName: Courier New
AIPStek*faceSize: 9

Also, create an empty ~/.Xauthority file.