The Red Hat, Fedora, and SUSE distributions of the PathScale Compiler Suite can also be installed in the form of non-root tar files, which don't require root permissions to install. These tar files are available, by distribution, from the download page.

For root installation using RPMs, refer to this page.

Note: Floating subscriptions require the Subscription Manager server to be installed from an RPM. Nodelocked subscriptions do not require the Subscription Manager server to be installed.

For more details on this process and installation options, refer to the Install Guide.

Problems?

If you encounter problems:

1. Refer to the Install Guide and the release notes to see if the problem is addressed in either of those two documents.
2. Check the FAQ and Post Release Issues links on the PathScale support page: http://www.pathscale.com/support.html
3. Contact PathScale support: support@pathscale.com

General Instructions for a Non-root Install to the Default Location

Step 1: Download the appropriate version of the compiler non-root tar file by clicking on the appropriate link on the download page.

Step 2: The tar file that was just downloaded contains a portion of the CD image that contains the non-root tar ball. The tar file will be unpacked into the current directory.

First, extract the CD image:

$ cd <temporary_directory>

Unpack the tar file using the command:

$ tar xfj <filename>.tar 

In the extracted directory, change the directory to the distribution of interest:

$ cd pathscale-eko-compilers-<version>  \/<distro>/tar

Unpack the tar file using the command:

$ tar xfj <filename>.tar.bz2

Note: This tar file is compressed using the bzip2 compression program, which is installed as standard utility on all Linux machines. If for some reason /usr/bin/bzip2 does not exist on your system, it is available on your distribution media (that came with your operating system).

The <filename> will the distribution you selected from the download page. The tar file will be unpacked into a directory whose name looks like this:

  pathscale-compilers-fedora-3.0.99-74.2093 

This directory can be renamed and moved to another location:

$ mv pathscale-compilers-fedora-3.0.99-74.2093  \/usr/local/pathscale

Step 3: Configure your PATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and MANPATH to point to this install directory

1. Set your shell's PATH so it contains the path to wherever you installed the compilers (the <install_directory>/bin). For instance, if you installed to the /usr/local directory, and renamed the directory pathscale, put /usr/local/pathscale/bin in your PATH.
2. You should not need to modify MANPATH, but if you do, add /usr/local/pathscale/man to your MANPATH. See Section 4.11.1 in the Install Guide for more information on setting your PATH and MANPATH.
3. Set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable: When installing using RPMs, a file called /etc/ld.so.conf is automatically updated to point at the locations of the shared versions of the runtime libraries. The ldconfig program is run to tell the dynamic linker about these new directories.

   If you are installing a non-root tar file, you must configure the dynamic linker by hand. There are two ways to do this, depending on whether you have root privileges.

   If you do not have root privileges, (using a bash shell) type the following:

   		$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=<install_directory>  \	/lib/<version>: \	<install_directory>/lib/<version>  \	/32:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH	
   	

   If you have root privileges, point to shared files after a non-root tar file installation by adding the following lines to /etc/ld.so.conf (the order in which they appear does not matter):

   		/<install_directory>/lib/<release>	/<install_directory>/lib/<release>/32 	
   	

   After adding these lines, run the /sbin/ldconfig program to tell the dynamic linker about these new directories. You will need root privileges to do this.

   		# /sbin/ldconfig 	
   	

   If you have root access, refer to Section 4.5.2.1 of the Install Guide for instructions on how to update the system file to do this for you automatically.

   Note: For more information on ldconfig, see the ldconfig man page. If you uninstall a non-root tar file release of the compilers, delete these lines from /etc/ld.so.conf and rerun ldconfig.

Step 4: Subscription Management

# cd <temporary_directory> \/pathscale-eko-compilers-3.0.99 \/<distribution_name>/subscription-server# rpm -Uhv *.rpm

Preparing...               ################# [100%]1:pathscale-sub-server   ################# [100%]

# /etc/init.d/pathscale-sub start

# cp pscsubscription-compiler-*.xml /opt/ \pathscale/lib/3.0.99# chmod ugo+r /opt/pathscale/lib/3.0.99/  \pscsubscription-compiler-*.xml

Step 5: Test the compiler

$ cat hello.c#include <stdio.h>int main () {int i;printf("Hello from PathScale\n");return 0;}$ export PATH=/opt/pathscale/bin:${PATH}$ pathcc -o hello hello.c$ ./helloHello from PathScale$ 

Changing Install Locations

Optional Source and Binary Download Procedure

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