SunOS / Solaris Applications General Information

Files

• SunOS applications require Unix (LF) end of line input files. Mac OS Classic (CR) or Windows/DOS (CRLF) end of line need be converted.

Graphic outputs

Each application is built in two flavors that differ by the graphic library and graphics output type. Graphic output is directed either towards a window on the screen or towards a deferred PostScript file. These flavors are identified by -ps- and -gks- suffixes.

Screen plots

Applications with -gks- suffix direct graphics a window on workstation screen.

• They are recommended for first use to become familiar with the program because you will see what is happening on the screen in real time;
• Graphics can be printed or saved with a screen capture software, but better quality is obtained in PostScript plot files;
• Graphics use the GKSbx and X11 graphics libraries;
• System requirements
  • Sun compatible SPARC or ULTRASPARC station
  • Sun OpenWindows environment
  • 2 ≤ Solaris version ≤ 8 or 5.0 ≤ SunOS version ≤ 5.8
• Installation
  1. Download the executable file: progname-gks.
  2. Download the elpdir.tar.Z file
  3. Expand the elpdir.tar.Z tar file into the elpdir directory
  4. Copy the file elpdir/.XGKS into your home directory
  5. Edit the file elpdir/gks.setup.csh so as to update the location of elpdir
  Installation is now complete
• Execution
  1. Login and enter the Openwindow environment (Not the default Common Desktop Environment, CDE)
  2. Open a C-Shell command tool
  3. Execute 'source elpdir/gks.setup.csh'
  4. Launch progname-gks

PostScript files

Applications with -ps- suffix direct graphics toward PostScript files.

• PostScript files can be printed using lp or lpr,
• displayed on screen by a PostScript viewer such as Ghostscript or ImageTool,
• and edited within IslandDraw or Adobe illustrator.
• System requirements
  • Sun compatible SPARC or ULTRASPARC station
  • Solaris version ≥ 2 or SunOS version ≥ 5.0
• Installation: Download the progname-ps executable file.
• Execution within a command tool: launch progname-ps
• Execution within Openwindows or Common Desktop Environment:
  1. Login and enter either the Openwindows (tested) or the Common Desktop Environment (not tested recently)
  2. Open a command tool
  3. Launch progname-ps