RED Installation

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Getting Red

 The current version of Red is version 1.2.

There are two different ways how to get Red running on your system. If your system is one of those for which I have got binaries, you can load the binary and the resources. If there are no binaries for your system, you can load the sources and compile it yourself.

Getting a Binary

Currently, I have binaries for Linux and Solaris:
Solaris 2.5: red_120_solaris_2.5.tar.gz
Linux:
libc5 / dynamically linked Motif: red_120_i386_linux_libc5.tar.gz
libc5/ statically linked Motif: red_120_static_i386_linux_libc5.tar.gz
glibc / dynamically linked Motif: red_120_i386_linux_glibc.tar.gz
glibc/ statically linked Motif: red_120_static_i386_linux_glibc.tar.gz

Linux: Which version do I need?

dynamically vs statically linked:

Red uses Motif. The dynamicly linked versions will load the Motif libraries from your system. You must have Motif installed on your system to run it. Use this one if you have Motif (it is much smaller then the static one). The statically linked version includes the Motif libraries. Use this one if you do not have Motif on your system.

libc5 vs glibc:

Recently, Linux implementations changed their libc version. The old and the new one are not compatible. You need to get the Red version for the libc version on your system.

For RedHat 4.x and older, use the libc5 version. For RedHat 5.x, use the glibc version. If you have another Linux version, and you are not sure which glibc you've got, you can check. Type

ls -l /lib/libc.so.*

The first number after the base name "libc.so." tells you the version of your libc. (libc.so.6.x is the same as glibc.)

Getting the Source

The source is available at
red_120.tar.gz
It includes everything you need.

Installation

After loading the archive onto your system, uncompress it using gunzip. (gunzip is GNU software; it is available from most archives if you do not have it). (Some web browsers have the decompression step built in. In that case the file should have been saved without the .gz suffix and you do not need to use gunzip.)

Untar tar files using tar.

Example:

$ gunzip red_120.tar.gz
$ tar xf red_120.tar
Then read the README file in the toplevel Red directory and follow the instructions.

If you have problems during installation, please read the section Installation Problems.

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