Re: [ferret_users] ferret installation problem

[Gus Correa <gus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

It is hard to follow the sequence of options.
Not sure if they match what I see in Finstall.
My guess is that your answers to
steps 1 and 4 in option 2 should have been
/Users/anastasiayanchilina/Documents/Applications/ferret,
and
/Users/anastasiayanchilina/Documents/Applications/ferret/bin, respectively,
but it is hard to tell with this information only.

1) It may be easier if you simply send your ferret_paths script,
which is the script that is causing the error.

2) Also, which shell are you using (bash, tcsh, other)? (echo $SHELL)

3) Is this a Linux, a Mac, or a Windows computer?

Gus Correa

Anastasia Yanchilina wrote:
> I think my main problem is giving the correct fer_dir path.  This is 
> what I did: 
>
>  Option 1: (1) selected option 3; (2) followed option and installed the 
> files into a folder ferret with the path as 
> follows: /Users/anastasiayanchilina/Documents/Applications/ferret; (3) 
>  specified the same pathway; (4) installation was complete.  
>
> Option 2: (1) selected option 2; (2) followed option and specified the 
> same pathway.  (3) specified pathway where I put 
> fer_dsets: /Users/anastasiayanchilina/Documents/Applications/ferret/fer_dsets; 
> (4) specified where I want to put 
> ferret_paths: /Users/anastasiayanchilina/Documents/Applications (this is 
> the step I wasn't sure about). 
>
> Let me know where I may have made a mistake to cause the errors that I 
> am getting.  
>
> Thanks,
> Anastasia
>
>  
>
> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Gus Correa <gus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:gus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Anastasia Yanchilina wrote:
>
>         I am new to ferret and am having trouble installing it.  For
>         those who are familiar with the installation process, my
>         questions are as follows:  My questions are as follows: (1) When
>         I reach the step of the installation process after following the
>         protocol and am trying to call ferret, I always get an error
>         saying, 'no command found.'  What am I doing wrong? (2) The
>         error I get when I try to run ferret directly is that fer_dir
>         variable is not defined as I would with 'source
>         your_system_path/ferret_paths' and when I try to run that, I get
>         a syntax error at line 89.  Please let me know how I can install
>         ferret correctly.
>
>
>     Hi
>
>     Somehow the ferret executable is not on your PATH.
>     Your "ferret_paths" script may be missing something.
>     However, it looks like you know where your ferret was installed,
>     since you say you "run ferret directly".
>
>     Did you run the Ferret "Finstall" script to build the "ferret_paths"
>     script?
>     Did you give it the right FER_DIR path (where you installed ferret)?
>
>     It may help if you send your ferret_paths script and tell where you
>     installed ferret.
>     Also, which shell are you using: bash/sh or tcsh/sh?
>
>     Gus Correa