July 1, 2009, revised March 8.

2012 How to install and run LINUX version of: bosor4, bigbosor4, bosor5, panda2, and genopt: The tar file is called: b4bigb4b5p2g.linux.tar (32-bit linux Mandrake architecture) or b4bigb4b5p2g.x86_64.tgz (64-bit linux Fedora architecture), and it is about 700 Mbytes long. This tar file contains bosor4, bigbosor4, bosor5, panda2, genopt and certain other software (identified below) for the Mandrake or Fedora LINUX operating systems. bigbosor4 is like bosor4 except it works for more shell segments than bosor4. In running panda2 you need both bosor4 and bigbosor4: bosor4 because the panda2 system uses some of the software from bosor4, and bigbosor4 because you can generate bigbosor4 input files (which are the same as bosor4 input files) through three panda2 processors, one called panel, another called panel2 and a third called panel3. genopt is a program by means of which you can convert a straight analysis of a given structure (or anything else!) into a user-friendly optimization of that structure (or anything else!). If you obtain genopt you should also obtain bigbosor4, especially if you intend to optimize a shell of revolution. How to proceed: Item 1. Establish a directory that you want to be the PARENT directory of all five computer programs: bosor4, bigbosor4, bosor5, panda2, and genopt Item 2. Read the contents of b4bigb4b5p2g.linux.tar or b4bigb4b5p2g.x86_64.tgz into that PARENT directory. Item 3. Type the command: tar xvf b4bigb4b5p2g.linux.tar or if the file is called b4bigb4b5p2g.x86_64.tgz, type tar xvfz b4bigb4b5p2g.x86_64.tgz Item 4. If everything works all right, the PARENT directory will now contain the tar file (which you can now delete if you wish) and several directories, including bosor4, bigbosor4, bosor5, panda2, and genopt. Here is a list of the files and directories existing after execution of the command, tar xvf b4bigb4b5p2g.linux.tar: List of files created by "build_archive": -rw-r--r-- 1 bush bush 670750720 Apr 2 08:20 b4bigb4b5p2g.linux.tar drwxr-xr-x 9 bush bush 232 Apr 2 08:13 bigbosor4 drwxr-xr-x 2 bush bush 296 Apr 2 08:13 bin drwxr-xr-x 9 bush bush 232 Apr 2 08:13 bosor4 drwxr-xr-x 9 bush bush 232 Apr 2 08:13 bosor5 drwxr-xr-x 2 bush bush 48 Jun 29 2001 gawk drwxr-xr-x 9 bush bush 232 Apr 2 08:13 genopt -rwxr-xr-x 1 bush bush 4076 Mar 7 2008 install drwxr-xr-x 9 bush bush 232 Apr 2 08:13 panda2 drwxr-xr-x 2 bush bush 1072 Apr 2 08:13 plotps

drwxr-xr-x 2 bush bush 1656 Apr 2 08:13 util drwxr-xr-x 5 bush bush 1264 Jun 29 2001 xgraph The directories, bigbosor4, bosor4, bosor5, panda2, and genopt contain subdirectories that include the source files, the executable files, the doc (documentation) files, and the sample case files for each computer program, bigbosor4, bosor4, bosor5, panda2, and genopt, respectively. The directories, bin, gawk, plotps, xgraph, and util contain execution scripts (bin). text processing software (gawk), plotting software (plotps and xgraph), and utility routines (util). install is the script corresponding to the install command. (See the next item). Item 5. You may have to change the permission of install (e.g. chmod 700 install). Then execute install, specifying the entire path to install, as follows: {path-to-install}/install The main role of install is to change the home directory name from that used at the facility where the command bin/build_archive was executed to the home directory name at the facility where David Bushnells computer programs are being installed. (See the file, build_archive.session.pdf, for details of a build_archive interactive session). Item 6. One of the directories listed above is called bin. bin will contain a file called initialize. If install didnt work properly, you will have to modify initialize to give it the proper HOME directory on your system. I think you may also have to modify install in an analogous manner, that is, if Step 5 didnt work properly. Item 7. In order to run any of these programs you first must give the command: source {path to bin}/initialize. Item 8, If you want to run any of David Bushnells computer programs, you first create a working directory then go that working directory where you want to run the program, then type a command such as: bigbosor4log panda2log bosor5log bosor4log genoptlog (if you intend to run bigbosor4) (if you intend to run panda2) (if you intend to run bosor5) (if you intend to run bosor4) (if you intend to run genopt) (Note: you must always run GENOPT from a directory called <home directory>/genoptcase)

The purpose of each of these commands is to activate the set of commands that is relevant to the particular computer program you intend to run. Each of these xxxlog commands generates a screen that lists the set of activated commands with definitions of what each activated command does. Item 9. You may want to create yourself a tar file analogous to those named here at some time after you have installed and possibly used one or more of David Bushnells computer programs at your facility. You would want to do this should you intend to create a CD containing one or more of Bushnells programs that you wish to port to another facility. In order to do this, please first read the file called build_archive.session.pdf that is located in each of the directories bigbosor4/doc and panda2/doc and genopt/doc and bosor4/doc and

bosor5/doc. Or you can simply pass along all of Bushnells computer programs by transmitting the entire file, b4bigb4b5p2g.linux.tar, to your colleagues. Item 10. If the file is called progs_master.tgz, then follow the same directions up through Item 4 (except using the name progs_master.tgz instead of one of the other two names given above). There will be an additional file to those listed under Item 4. This file is called READ_ME_FIRST (written by Dr. Frank Weiler in 2012). Do that, and follow the directions therein.