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= Build EPICS =
= Build EPICS =


from https://epics.anl.gov/
* from https://epics.anl.gov/
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cd $HOME/packages
cd $HOME/packages
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ls -l bin/linux-x86_64/
ls -l bin/linux-x86_64/
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* set EPICSSYS=$HOME/packages/epics-base


= EPICS EDM graphical tool =
= EPICS EDM graphical tool =

Latest revision as of 13:36, 16 May 2024

Build EPICS

cd $HOME/packages
git clone https://github.com/epics-base/epics-base
cd epics-base
git checkout R7.0.8
make -j
ls -l bin/linux-x86_64/
  • set EPICSSYS=$HOME/packages/epics-base

EPICS EDM graphical tool

  • on SL6, if you see the error "Font init failed - abort":
    • confirm that xorg-x11-fonts are installed (yum -y install xorg-x11-fonts"*")
    • add the fonts to the font path (in the login scripts):
xset fp+ /usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi
xset fp+ /usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi
  • On ubuntu/mint, the packages could be found with aptitude:
 
apt-get install xfonts-100dpi
apt-get install xfonts-75dpi
  • Reboot or...
  • Get the package location with dpkg, e.g.
 
dpkg -L xfonts-100dpi
  • add the fonts to the path given by the command above (normally : /usr/share/fonts/X11/###dpi):
xset fp+ /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi
xset fp+ /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi