Installing CODA2.6

Notes on Installing CODA 2.6 on RedHat

Finding CODA version

I don't officially support CODA; you should ask the DAQ group for that. However, I note that CODA is on /site/coda and you can do a recursive copy of the version you want. Currently we are using 2.6.2 on most of our setups. In principle, you don't have to make a copy if you are on site and have mounted /site/coda. Instead you can use /site/coda/2.6.2/.setup (note the dot!) with slight modifications, see more on this below. Personally, I think it's a good idea to have a private copy of the CODA software, and of course it's necessary if you are off-site.

Once you get the official CODA there is usually a *README* file with it (the * are wildcards -- other text)

Account and environment

I normally use the tcsh. This means the account should be registered to use this shell in the /etc/passwd file. I think bash would work, too. For example

entry in /etc/passwd

compton:x:500:501:compton:/home/compton:/bin/tcsh

An example of a .tcshrc login script

[compton@compton ~]$ more .tcshrc
#!/bin/csh
#
#  This environment must be changed to match your system
#  This is a minimalist example

setenv CODA  /site/coda/2.6.2
echo Setting up coda 2.6.2 from ${CODA}
source $CODA/.setup

setenv MSQL_TCP_HOST compton
setenv MSQL_HOME /home/compton/rcdb
setenv EXPID compton_polarimeter
setenv SESSION cpt1
setenv KILL_CODA_SCRIPT /home/compton/bin/kill_coda_script
 
# CODA 3 Run Control
echo AFECS Home set to ${CODA}/afecs
setenv AFECS_HOME ${CODA}/afecs
setenv CMSG_HOME  ${CODA}/cMsg
setenv COOL_HOME  /home/compton/coda/cool
setenv RCREMLOG   /home/compton/coda/

setenv CODA_DB_DRIVER com.imaginary.sql.msql.MsqlDriver
setenv CODA_DB_URL jdbc:msql://${MSQL_TCP_HOST}:8101/$EXPID
#setenv CODA_DB_USER 
#setenv CODA_DB_PASSWORD

setenv JAVA_HOME /u/apps/java/jdk1.6.0_03
setenv PATH ${AFECS_HOME}/bin:${JAVA_HOME}/bin:~/bin:$PATH

echo done.

Another, someone more elaborate example

[adaq@atedf3 ~]$ more .tcshrc
# tcshrc initialization file. 
#
# Needed for running CODA 2.6 on Linux.
# The default shell should be tcsh.
#
# Warning - For VxWorks targets to successfully boot
#           from this account the .tcshrc file should
#           NOT print anything to stdout (no 'echo', etc)


set history=1000
set autologout=0
set ignoreeof
set notify
set savehist=1000
set noclobber
set autolist
 
# CODA version 
setenv CODA /home/coda/2.6.2
source $CODA/.setup

setenv MSQL_TCP_HOST atedf3
setenv MSQL_HOME /usr/local/msql_log

setenv EXPID atedf
setenv SESSION compton

# CODA 3 Run Control
setenv AFECS_HOME $CODA/afecs
setenv CMSG_HOME  $CODA/cMsg

setenv CODA_DIRECTORY /home/adaq/coda26
setenv COOL_HOME $CODA_DIRECTORY/cool
setenv RCREMLOG $CODA_DIRECTORY

setenv CODA_DB_DRIVER com.imaginary.sql.msql.MsqlDriver

# this is like $MSQL_TCP_HOST:8101/$EXPID
setenv CODA_DB_URL jdbc:msql://atedf3.jlab.org:8101/atedf
setenv CODA_DB_USER atedf
setenv CODA_DB_PASSWORD
setenv EXPERIMENT compton

setenv EPICS_CA_AUTO_ADDR_LIST YES
setenv EPICS_CA_ADDR_LIST "129.57.255.12 129.57.255.13"
setenv KILL_CODA_SCRIPT /adaqfs/halla/adaq/bin/kcoda

setenv AUTOBOOT TRUE
setenv EDITOR emacs
setenv VISUAL ${EDITOR}
setenv PRINTER cha2hp
setenv LPDEST ${PRINTER}

# version of quartus  ("linux" is 32-bit, "linux64" is 64-bit)
setenv QUARTUS /home/adaq/altera/10.1sp1/quartus/linux

# may need this for ccppc
# setenv GCC_EXEC_PREFIX /adaqfs/appsroot/gnu-vxworks/gnu-ppc/lib/gcc-lib/

setenv ROOTSYS /u/apps/root/5.34.05/root
setenv PATH ${ROOTSYS}/bin:${PATH}:/home/adaq/bin:${QUARTUS}

if (!($?LD_LIBRARY_PATH)) then
  setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH ${ROOTSYS}/lib:.:/home/adaq/crl:/usr/lib64:${QUARTUS}
else
  setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH ${ROOTSYS}/lib:.:/home/adaq/crl:/usr/lib64:${QUARTUS}:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
endif

setenv CVS_RSH ssh

alias rm '/bin/rm -i'

alias govme 'ssh -Y intelvmeha6 -l adev' 

setenv JAVA_HOME /u/apps/java/jdk1.6.0_03

setenv PATH ${AFECS_HOME}/bin:${JAVA_HOME}/bin:$PATH