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--- workshops:hpcprac1 [2017/07/03 15:05]
kevin
+++ workshops:hpcprac1 [2021/12/09 16:42] (current)
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-=====Practical 1: Linux Shell=====
+=====Practical 1: Linux Shell for Programmers=====
 **Aim:** to build and install in your //home// directory a library and and application.
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 Move the tar file into the new directory:
   mv zlib-1.2.8.tar.gz src/
+> Note that the version available is probably newer than 1.2.8 --- modify these instructions accordingly.
 Untar the file
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   gcc -o zpipe -I ~/local/include zpipe.c -L ~/local/lib -lz
-> The order of the command line options and arguments is important
+> The **order** of the command line options and arguments is important
->> The commands to link the library file must come after the commands to compile.
+> The commands to //link// the library file must come **after** the commands to //compile//.
-If there are no errors and ''ls'' shows you a zpipe file (in green) you are done.
+If there are no errors and ''ls'' shows you a ''zpipe'' file (in green) you are done.
 You can test the new ''zpipe'' program by compressing and then uncompessing a file.
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 And add (or edit the existing line) to have:
-  PATH=$PATH:$HOME/local/bin
+  PATH=$HOME/local/bin:$PATH
   export PATH
+====References====
+  * ''zpipe.c'' is from [[http://zlib.net/zlib_how.html|zlib Usage Example]]
+  * [[http://zlib.net/|zlib home]]

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