SGI MIPS3 Nekoware August 2010, Part 1 of 2 Custom CD Split V1.1 by Ian Mapleson Last change: 25/Aug/2010 If you wish to proceed immediately with installation, go to section 4. Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Prerequisites 3. CD Split Structure 4. Installation (MIPS3 Nekoware for R4000, R4400, R4600) 6. Configuration ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Introduction This CD is part 1 of my own split of the MIPS3 Nekoware freeware onto two CDs (the MIPS4 Nekoware is on my much more carefully constructed split of 8 CDs). If you wish to proceed immediately with installation of the MIPS3 Nekoware, go to section 4. 2. Prerequisites The MIPS3 Nekoware distribution is designed for use with R4000, R4400 or R4600 systems, ie. IRIS Indigo, any R4K Indy, R4K Indigo2, or any Challenge/Onyx system using R4K CPUs. It is assumed that a full installation of IRIX 6.5.22m or later has already been done - by this I mean that all of the extra N32 libs have been installed which swmgr does not normally install by default. In general, a default IRIX installation has items missing which should be installed first; my Gifts CD has selections files to make it very easy to install all these extra items, aswell as all of the compiler/development products - email me if you're interested. This custom MIPS3 split has only been tested with 6.5.22. 3. CD Split Structure For the moment, the MIPS3 products are on two CDs in no particular order. At present, no selections files for the MIPS3 products are included. 4. Installation (MIPS3 Nekoware for R4000, R4400, R4600) Login as root, insert CD #1, wait for the icon to change, run up Software Manager by using the Toolchest or by entering swmgr in a shell, type /CDROM/dist as a source location and then click on Customize Installation. When the product list appears, select Open Additional Distribution from the File menu, use the 'Eject CD' button to eject the CD (or enter 'eject' in a shell, or my alias shortcut 'e' if that is available), insert CD #2, wait for the icon to change, make sure the distribution source is again set to /CDROM/dist and then click on the 'Add' button. Once the CD has been read in and the complete list of products is shown, choose Unmark All from the Selected menu. This clears the default selections made by swmgr. Now mark the items for installation that you want, resolve any conflicts and click Start. I recommend opening up each required product to see what subsystems are marked for installation by default. Normally, items such as online documentation and release notes are not selected by default, so it's a good idea to manually mark these items for installation aswell. Before commencing the installation, consider saving your selections in a selections file for future use. 6. Configuration In order to use Nekoware software, some additions must be made to your .cshrc, as follows: - add /usr/nekoware/bin to your path definition, eg. at the end of .cshrc: set path = ($path /usr/nekoware/bin /usr/nekoware/sbin) Note that you may wish to define $path in a more absolute way in order to ensure Nekoware items are found before other freeware items. Alternatively, use alias commands to execute Nekoware items directly, eg.: alias ng '/usr/nekoware/bin/gimp' - add entries to the library and man page search paths: setenv MANPATH ${MANPATH}:/usr/nekoware/man setenv LD_LIBRARYN32_PATH ${LD_LIBRARYN32_PATH}:/usr/nekoware/lib setenv LD_LIBRARYN32_PATH ${LD_LIBRARYN32_PATH}:/usr/nekoware/libexec If you have my Gifts CD, the misc directory contains an example complete .cshrc file with these extra definitions already included. In terms of the GUI interface, if you already have the earlier version of GIMP installed from the SGI Freeware (eg. if you have used my custom installation and desktop files), you can use a simple icon rename to have access to both versions: cd /Desktop mv gimp oldgimp Then use File Quick Find, type in /usr/nekoware/bin/gimp, drag the icon to the desktop and rename it to something clearer: mv gimp nekogimp This can be done for other Nekoware items which may share the same name as normal freeware items. Note that when an icon is renamed, it is physically moved onscreen to the far right. Just move it back to where it's supposed to go. Lastly, if you have my SGI Gifts CD (Part 1 of 2), the webdocs directory on the CD has an example reference page (neko.html) with documentation links to some of the Nekoware items that are installed by the first selections file. If you use the INSTALL script on the Gifts CD, this reference page will be installed onto your system automatically, accessible from a new custom home page available at: http://localhost/ It's a bit out of date now, but I'll update when I have a chance. Feedback on this MIPS3 Nekoware split is welcome! Cheers! :) Ian. SGI Depot: http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/sgidepot/ Email: mapesdhs@yahoo.com Tel: +44 (0)131 476 0796 CC all emails to: ian@sgidepot.co.uk and sgidepot@blueyonder.co.uk My Auctions: http://uk.ebid.net/perl/main.cgi?words=mapesdhs&mo=search&type=user Tired of eBay? Then try eBid! Safe, secure! Follow this link to register: http://uk.ebid.net/perl/normal.cgi?ref=mapesdhs&mo=register-main SGI/Future Technology/N64: http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/ Mirror (Holland): http://www.futuretech.blinkenlights.nl/ Mirror (USA): http://vintagecomputers.info/