Installing CTF MEG Suite on Ubuntu Linux 11.04 (64-bit)

by Forrest Sheng Bao http://fsbao.net

Steps:

1. install necessary packages

   sudo apt-get install rpm alien enscript xprint python-dialog libmotif4 lesstif2 libstdc++5

   optional, do this on 64-bit system:
   

   sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

2. Mount the CTF software ISO

   sudo mount ctf-5.2.1.iso -o loop /mnt/cdrom

3. Run the installation script.

   sudo bash /mnt/cdrom/CTF.install

   Please note that the sudo is unnecessary if you do not install CTF software suite onto a directory which requires root privilege, such as default installation path /opt/ctf/
   
   Type "y" for all questions. You will be asked a question about the hardware like this

   Select which electronics system is in use.
   
   CTF_MEG2000 -- Contains  DSQ-2041/DSQ-2043 DSP bank with DSQ-2010 SQUID Channel Units 
                  and rack mounted ADC/Trigger units
   CTF_MEG2005 -- Contains  DSQ-2041/DSQ-2043 based DSP bank with DSQ-2010 SQUID Channel Units
                  and desktop Electronic Control Console
   
   Select "Skip" to skip installation of electronics specific files.
   
   1) CTF_MEG2000
   2) CTF_MEG2005
   3) Skip
   Select electronics system version :3
   

   Unless you are installing on a computer that controls the MEG scanner, select 3 to skip.
   
4. download libXm.so.3 from http://kurage.nimh.nih.gov/meglab/Meg/Ubuntu and put it in your library loading path, e.g.,
   

   sudo wget http://kurage.nimh.nih.gov/library/Meg/libXm.so.3 -O /usr/lib32/libXm.so.3
   

5. (optional) Add your CTF installation path into Linux environment variable $PATH, e.g.,

   echo export PATH="$PATH":/opt/ctf/bin >> ~/.bashrc

   
   Log out and log in again. Or

   source ~/.bashrc

   
   I do not like to change system-wide configuration files. So I set the PATH.bashrc. But this is not mandatory.
   
   
6. All set! I don't know why i can never make ControlCenter display any botton on its main interface but my colleagues can always. But I really don't bother it. I simply run each individual program in CTF MEG Suite.