2 Getting Started

This section give concise instructions for performing a few common tasks with BUILD SCRIPTS.

2.1 Getting a Copy of Build Scripts

There are several sources.

2.1.1 Pre-Installed at JLab

At JLab, BUILD SCRIPTS is installed in /group/halld/Software/build_scripts. You can start by defining an environment variable:

export BUILD_SCRIPTS=/group/halld/Software/build_scripts

for bash or

setenv BUILD_SCRIPTS /group/halld/Software/build_scripts

for tcsh.

2.1.2 Pre-Installed Outside JLab

Outside JLab, when the gluex_install procedure has been followed (see section ), BUILD SCRIPTS will be installed under $GLUEX_TOP/build_scripts. You will have to contact your local expert to find the location of $GLUEX_TOP. Once that is known the BUILD_SCRIPTS environment variable to point to $GLUEX_TOP/build_scripts.

2.1.3 Install via zip or tar file

All of the releases of BUILD SCRIPTS are available from GitHub at

https://github.com/JeffersonLab/build_scripts/releases

The latest release will be listed first. You will see links for downloading the files in zip and tar format. After unpacking the files, set your BUILD_SCRIPTS environment variable to the full path of the resulting top-level directory.

2.1.4 Clone from GitHub

You can clone the Git repository:

git clone https://github.com/jeffersonlab/build_scripts