Installation instructions for Offline/Dataclasses on Linux-i386 platform

  1. Download the rsync file into your tools directory.
  2. From inside your icecube tools directory, issue the following rsync command. This will download and install BFD and all the necessary IceCube and Offline/Dataclasses tools.

    This rsync command will initially download all the tools into your local tools directory, or fully synchronize the existing local tools directory with the one on glacier.lbl.gov

    > rsync --delete -vrlpt -e ssh --include-from=rsync.offline.Linux-i386 glacier.lbl.gov:/home/icecube/tools/ /your/tools/directory

    If you've never used rsync before, it is very picky about the location of .'s and /'s. If you issue the above command from ~/icecube/tools the tools will end up there. Deviate from the above command only if you know what your are doing with rsync.

  3. If you want to automate the synchronization of your tools directory with those on glacier, you can add the following entry to your crontab.

    In order for this to work, you will have to setup a passphrase-less key pair on your remote host and install it in your authorized_keys file in your ~/.ssh directory.

    > crontab -e

    Insert the following:

    15 1 * * * (cd /your/tools/directory && /usr/bin/rsync --delete -rlpt -e ssh --include-from=rsync.offline.Linux-i386 glacier.lbl.gov:/home/icecube/tools/ /your/tools/directory

    Save and exit. Your new entry is now active.

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