Distribution Files

The VO-CLI Tools are distributed as a GZip-compressed tar file containing pre-built binaries, source code, or documentation. A binary distribution is all that is required in order to use the software. Use the right-click 'Save As' on your browser to download one of the distributions from the links below. See also the System Requirements and Installation Instructions sections below for additional information.

System Requirements

• A Java 1.5 Runtime Environment is required to run the VOClient daemon.
• The Linux and Mac OSX binary distributions should run on any recent version of that operating system.
• A distribution for Microsoft Windows XP running Cygwin is in preparation. Windows Vista is not supported at this time.
• Task excecutables should be entirely self-contained, there are no known shared library dependencies.
• After installation, the 'voclient.jars' directory MUST be in the same directory as the 'voclientd' command script.

Installation Instructions

VO-CLI is distributed as a GZip compressed tarball of either the source, or pre-built binaries for a particular platform. See the README file for a complete list of the contents in the source distribution.

To Install from Source:

1. Create a directory for the source, and unpack the distirbution tar file:

   	% mkdir /path/vo-cli			    # create directory
   	% cd /path/vo-cli			    # go there
   	% tar zxf /path/vocli-src.tar.gz	    # unpack the distrbution

2. Compile the package:

   	% make					    # Do the compilation
   	% make install				    # install to package bin

3. Optionally, copy the binaries to a system directory. In most cases this will require root permission in order to do it. Assuming you want to install in /usr/local/bin, something like the following command:

	% su					    # become 'root'
	# cp -rp bin/* voclient.jars /usr/local/bin # copy binaries

To Install from a Binary Distribution:

1. Create a temporary directory to unpack the files:

   	% mkdir /tmp/vo-cli			    # create temp directory
   	% cd /tmp/vo-cli			    # go there
   	% tar zxf /path/vocli-.tar.gz	    # unpack the distrbution

2. Optionally, copy the binaries to a system directory. In most cases this will require root permission in order to do it. Assuming you want to install in /usr/local/bin, something like the following command:

   	% su					    # become 'root'
   	# cp -rp * /usr/local/bin     		    # copy binaries