Installation Instructions and Setup

1 · Requirements

The requirements of the system are:

A silicon graphics workstation or server
IRIX 6.3 (O2) or 6.4 (Octane, Origin-series). Should work on IRIX 6.5 too, but not tested.
Audio outputs, analog or digital.
Java 1.1

The packages can be installed either with swmgr (Software Manager) or inst.

2 · Download and Install Java

If Java is not installed on your system or you want to upgrade it, download and install the Java Execution Environment and optionally the Java Development Environment for SGI from SGI's java page. Follow the instructions on the page to install java.

To see whether you have java installed or its version, type

  versions java_eoe java_dev

in a shell window. It will show a subsystem list installed to your system. If java_eoe is not displayed in the list, you will need to download and install the Java Execution Environment. I suggest Java Development Environment 3.1.1 (Sun JDK 1.1.6) & Java Execution Environment 3.1.1 (Sun JRE 1.1.6) or later are installed.

3 · Install GuineaPig System

Install the GuineaPig package with inst or swmgr.

4 · Configuring GuineaPig (personal settings)

You must add the GuineaPig binaries directory to your shell's path. For bourne-type shells you could use (for example, in file .profile):

  PATH="$PATH:/usr/GuineaPig/bin"
  export PATH

or for csh and derivates (tcsh, etc.) (for example, in file .cshrc):

  setenv PATH "$PATH:/usr/GuineaPig/bin"

That way the shell can find the GuineaPig commands and the sound player.

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Last modified: Tue Nov 3 13:48:20 EET 1998