Installing EPICS extensions

Structure

• Go to

MEDM

• Download the tar-file from EPICS web site.
• Copy it into $EPICS_EXTENSIONS/src/ directory ad unzip it there.
• Create a symbolic link medm</a> to the newly created MEDM distribution directory.
• Go into <i>$EPICS_EXTENSIONS/src/medm directory and type make.
• You may get some messages about missing libraries, in which case you need to find what is missing on your Linux system and install them. Ubuntu has all the needed packages in the repository, and I think RHEL5 has them too.
• The medm executable should be installed in $EPICS_EXTENSIONS/bin/$EPICS_HOST_ARCH/ directory.

Alarm Handler

• Download the tar-file from EPICS web site.
• Copy it into $EPICS_EXTENSIONS/src/ directory ad unzip it there.
• Create a symbolic link alh</a> to the newly created ALH distribution directory.
• Go into <i>$EPICS_EXTENSIONS/src/alh directory and type make.
• You may get some messages about missing libraries, in which case you need to find what is missing on your Linux system and install them. Ubuntu has all the needed packages in the repository, and I think RHEL5 has them too.
• The alh executable should be installed in $EPICS_EXTENSIONS/bin/$EPICS_HOST_ARCH/ directory.

StripTool

• Download the tar-file from EPICS web site.
• Copy it into $EPICS_EXTENSIONS/src/ directory ad unzip it there.
• Create a symbolic link StripTool</a> to the newly created StripTool distribution directory.
• Go into <i>$EPICS_EXTENSIONS/src/StripTool directory and type make.
• You may get some messages about missing libraries, in which case you need to find what is missing on your Linux system and install them. Ubuntu has all the needed packages in the repository, and I think RHEL5 has them too.
• The StripTool executable should be installed in $EPICS_EXTENSIONS/bin/$EPICS_HOST_ARCH/ directory.