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Installing new ATLAS releases at SLAC

(originally from Peter Kim, now maintained by Andy Haas)

EXPERT only! ! !

Ask Andy Haas to install new releases for you!

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0) HN/e-news announcement of new release pacman package
     https://groups.cern.ch/group/hn-atlas-releaseKitAnnounce/default.aspx^{Image Removed}
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3) Installing base release: x.x.x
     Issue the pacman command found in the HN/e-news announcement, and direct to pacman.log
      pacman -allow any-platform trust-all-caches tar-overwrite
       -get http://atlas-computing.web.cern.ch/atlas-computing/links/kitsDirectory/projects/cache:AtlasProduction_15_6_5_i686_slc5_gcc43_opt^{Image Removed}
       >> pacman.log &  
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4) Installing AtlasProduction cache: x.x.x.x
     After steps 1-3, setup the release:
      . ~/reldirs/15.6.6/cmthome/setup.sh -tag=15.6.6,32
     Issue the pacman command found in the HN/e-news announcement, and direct to pacman.log. For example:
      pacman -get http://cern.ch/atlas-computing/links/kitsDirectory/Production/cache:AtlasProduction_15_6_5_1_i686_slc5_gcc43_opt^{Image Removed}
      >> pacman.log & 
    Note1: After the install is finished,
              cd /afs/slac/g/atlas/c/AtlasProduction/15.6.5.1/AtlasProductionRunTime/cmt/
           and do 'cmt config'.
    Note2: If the AtlasProduction package requires a new DBRelease, it has to be downloaded manually.
           Check the status of the Production cache in the corresponding web page,
           http://atlas-computing.web.cern.ch/atlas-computing/projects/releases/status/15.6.5.1/AtlasProduction/^{Image Removed}
           which usually lists the DBRelease version number.
           If it uses a new DBRelease version, scp the tar file over from lxplus.cern.ch and
           put it in /c/DBRelease/ and "tar -xf" and move it as the way others are.
           DBRelease tar files are stored in
           /afs/cern.ch/atlas/www/GROUPS/DATABASE/pacman4/DBRelease/          
          
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5) Problems with release install
     Check the postings in https://groups.cern.ch/group/hn-atlas-releaseKitProblem/default.aspx^{Image Removed}
     as others might have similar problems.
   
     Ask Peter or Zach.
     If all fails, start a new thread in that forum.      
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7) Updating pacman
    There are usually ATLAS announcements asking to install a new version.
    New version of pacman can be downloaded from BU.
      wget http://physics.bu.edu/pacman/sample_cache/tarballs/pacman-latest.tar.gz^{Image Removed}
      tar -xf pacman-latest.tar.gz
    Move the pacman package to /afs/slac/g/atlas/packages/pacman/, go into the new
    pacman directory and set up.
       cd x.xx
       source setup.sh
     
    (Please note that any installs in /c/ or /d/ must stay with the pacman version
     that was originally used. pacman does not get updated often, but when it does
     it might be a good time to build a new install with it switching between
     /c/ and /d/.)
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