Installing The Software For Linux; Installing With A Tar File; Installing With A Distribution Specific Package - Agilent Technologies Acqiris DP105 User Manual

If MATLAB is installed on your machine, you will be asked to point the installer to the MATLAB root
directory. You should do this if you want the installer to modify the standard startup.m file to add the paths
for the MEX interface.
In the Installation Folder window you will give the name of the root directory of the Acqiris software
installation. If User Manuals (30 MB) and Firmware (40 MB) are loaded more space than indicated here
will be required on the drive. For the case of a Tornado 2.2 installation the folder name should not contain
any spaces.
AcqirisLive needs the LabWindows/CVI 8.0 Run-Time Engine to run. If Setup has detected that a
LabWindows/CVI Run-Time Engine is already installed on your system, it will ask you if you would like to
install it locally for AcqirisLive anyway. If you are not sure about the version of the CVI Run-Time Engine
on your system, it is recommended to install it locally.
The Installation Summary window will be shown to allow you to check what you have asked for. At this
point it is not too late to go back and make changes. The actual installation will only be started after clicking
on "Install" in the next window.
Please read the IMPORTANT Information window text. It could help you avoid serious problems.
Registration of your installation will help Agilent provide you with better support. You will also be notified
of updates and upgrades. All information submitted will be treated in accordance with Agilent's privacy
policy. Setup will prepare a registration e-mail in your e-mail client application upon termination of the
setup procedure. You can then decide whether or not you wish to send it. You may also add comments.
Uncheck the box if you do not want to register your installation.
After the software installation is complete you can either accept the suggestion to restart the computer or
you should shutdown your computer and proceed with the hardware installation.
2.3.

Installing the Software for Linux

The Acqiris software is ready to install on Linux systems running kernels 2.4 and 2.6; package files are now
available for some popular distributions. If you are using Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS, or openSUSE, you can
install the software using a standard package: see section 2.3.2 Installing with a distribution specific package.

2.3.1. Installing with a tar file

The following archives all contain the driver and library compiled with the gcc version shown:
AcqirisLinux-3.3a-gcc-3.4.tar.gz - compiled under CentOS 4.7 with GNU gcc 3.4.
AcqirisLinux-3.3a-gcc-4.1.tar.gz - compiled under Debian 'etch' 4.0 with GNU gcc 4.1.
The appropriate tar file should be copied to a local directory (e.g. your home directory) and then unpacked by using
the following command
tar xzf AcqirisLinux-3.3a-gcc-X.x.tar.gz
The resulting directory AcqirisLinux contains an install script drv-install and a graphical Demo program
demo/AcqirisDemo. Before running the software you have to install the acqrsPCI device driver into the running
kernel

2.3.2. Installing with a distribution specific package

The distribution specific package files are located in directories named after the distribution name and version.
Packages are available for the following variants:
Debian, 4.0, 5.0 - the distribution used for the development of Acqiris software.
Debian-4.0/agilent-acqirisdriver_3.3a-1_i386.deb
Debian-5.0/agilent-acqirisdriver_3.3a-1_i386.deb
Ubuntu, 8.04, 8.10 - this is the most popular and easy-to-use distribution, based on Debian.
Ubuntu-8.04/agilent-acqirisdriver_3.3a-1_i386.deb
Ubuntu-8.10/agilent-acqirisdriver_3.3a-1_i386.deb
Fedora, 10 - another popular innovative distribution, test bed for RedHat Linux.
Fedora-10/agilent-acqirisdriver-3.3a-1.i386.rpm
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