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Remote Annex Quick Start for UNIX
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2. Make selections that are appropriate to the host platform,
accepting the defaults as often as possible.
The installation script does the following:
• Extracts host-specific Remote Annex software from
the CD, allowing you to choose which images to install
• Creates directories for Remote Annex utilities,
operational images and Annex Manager
• If binary files are not available for the host, the script
loads source code and allows you to build the images
using a resident compiler
• Loads manual pages
• Enables Remote Annex security services
• Starts the Remote Annex erpcd daemon
• Loads Annex Manager
• Exits the script
If You Installed Annex Manager
If you installed Annex Manager using the script, you must now set
environment variables. In the following sample commands, the PATH
environment variable is set to the default installation directory,
/usr/annex/gui_am_R2.3:
1. Set the DISPLAY environment to point to the host on which
you want Annex Manager to appear. For example, if you
want Annex Manager to be displayed on an X-terminal
named tigger, use the following command:
setenv DISPLAY tigger:0