This is the Magnus install guide as of 11/21/96:

Let $magnus be the directory in which you found this file.

See $magnus/README for what you can do.


YOU NEED:

  * What:  SunOS 4.1.x or SunOS 5.4/5.5,  4.1.1 may need patches to ld and libc.
           Other versions of Unix may work, but you're on your own.
           Linux seems to have no problems.
           Sys5V4 compatible Unixes should be ok.
    Where: vendor

  * What:  gcc 2.7.2. (with repo-patch). Earlier versions WILL NOT WORK.
    Where: prep.ai.mit.edu or mirror sites

  * What:  libg++ 2.7.1 or higher (matching gcc)
    Where: prep.ai.mit.edu or mirror sites

  * What:  GNU make 3.71 or higher. Earlier/other version of make MAY NOT WORK.
    Where: prep.ai.mit.edu or mirror sites

  * What:  X11R5 
           Earlier releases may work. See Tcl/Tk docs.
    Where: ftp.x.org or mirror sites

  * What:  Tcl 7.4, Tk 4.0 or later
    Where: harbor.ecn.purdue.edu, ftp.cs.berkeley.edu

  * What:  amslatex (for the documentation) [optional]
    Where: ftp.cs.umb.edu (follow instructions in /pub/tex/unixtex.ftp)

  * What:  fig2dev (for the documentation) [optional]
    Where: ftp.x.org

  * What:  perl 4.0 or higher (for some utility programs) [optional]
    Where: prep.ai.mit.edu or mirror sites.

  * What:  64 MB of swap space and 150 MB of disk space for compilation
           of magnus

INSTALLATION STEPS:

  1) Install all of the above in the usual way.
  2) Run $magnus/Configure, preferably in the $magnus directory.
     If you don't know path where 'wish' is located try run
     'whereis wish' command. If it does not help, ask your
     system administrator.
  3) Change to the $magnus directory. Do `make'. This can take
     about 60-90 minutes on a sparc 20.
     There is nothing to worry about when make complains of missing
     .d files; it generates them itself.
  4) Invoke magnus with `$magnus/front_end/magnus'.
  5) If you want to safe space run `$magnus/make realclean'. If you want 
     to keep source files do `$magnus/make mostlyclean'.

If you later change the location of $magnus, you need not recompile, but
you must run $magnus/Configure again.

Message rgr@groups.sci.ccny.cuny.edu for help with any of this.

We appreciate if you will send any of your complaints or suggestions to:
comment@rio.sci.ccny.cuny.edu .

If you found any bugs in magnus send them to: bug@rio.sci.ccny.cuny.edu
