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##vimosmgr 04/05/00 created for cmm
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	*** INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR VMMPS PACKAGE ***


The following operating systems are supported: 

	HP-UX_B.10.20 and HP-UX_B.11.00
	SunOS 5.8
	Linux Redhat 7.3

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Edit your personal shell configuration file by setting the environment 
variable and point the directory where the package will been installed.
Add its bin directory to your PATH environment variable.

For bash:

	export VMMPS=${HOME}/<VMMPS_DIR>/vmmps
	export PATH=${VMMPS}/bin:${PATH}

For tcsh:
	setenv VMMPS ${HOME}/<VMMPS_DIR>/vmmps
	setenv PATH ${VMMPS}/bin:${PATH}


1) De-tar the distribution tarfile in your VMMPS folder
	cd <VMMPS_DIR>

   Then Unpack the tarball
   gunzip -c vmmps-<ver>.tar.gz | tar xovf -


2) Configure the VLT variables:
   Go to <VMMPS_DIR>/vmmps-<ver>/src and digit according to your shell:

For bash:
	source configure.bash
For tcsh:
	source configure.tcsh

3) Compile the package:
   Stay in <VMMPS_DIR>/vmmps/src and digit:

	make all

IMPORTANT: USE GNUMAKE!!!
If GNU is not installed, make could fail. 
(This is warned for SUN SOLARIS during configuration in step 2)

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	*** RUN VMMPS ***


NOTE:
Currently VMMPS uses skycat version 2.6.5. The tool (binary file) is 
automatically installed (under <VMMPS_DIR>/vmmps/bin) when step 2 is
executed. 
- Check your skycat reference by typing:
	which skycat 

IMPORTANT: use vmmps only with 2.6.x versions of skycat!!!
	
5) The package starts with the command: 
	vmmps &
