All the software required on the user's end is contained in a single Linux RPM (dslice) and can be downloaded off of the dslice web page: http://dslice.planet-lab.org. The RPM depends on python2.2, expect, and openssl. On Redhat 7.3, these RPMs should already be installed. If not, they can downloaded here.
Once you are ready to install the dslice RPM, use the rpm command as shown below. (Note that the example below is for dslice 0.1.0. However, we recommend that you always use the latest version of the software. The latest version can always be found at http://dslice.planet-lab.org.)
root# rpm -ivh dslice-0.1.0-1.i386.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:dslice ########################################### [100%] |
The RPM installs all of its files in /usr/local/planetlab. To make the programs and documention in this directory accessible, add /usr/local/planetlab/bin to your PATH and /usr/local/planetlab/man to your MANPATH. For bash/zsh users (you may want to add this to the appropriate dotfile):
# export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/planetlab/bin # export MANPATH=$MANPATH:/usr/local/planetlab/man |
For csh/tcsh users (you may want to add this to the appropriate dotfile):
# setenv PATH ${PATH}:/usr/local/planetlab/bin
# setenv MANPATH ${MANPATH}:/usr/local/planetlab/man |