How to use the IMSL library

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1) Text of my mail about IMSL from Tue, 18th March 1997

2) Reminder about IMSL and the environment variables (mail from 27th Nov. 1997)

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1) Text of my mail about IMSL (from Tue, 18 Mar 1997)

Hello everybody!

We have now the IMSL libraries on Solaris.

Following products are available: (see below for "how")

IMSL CSTAT Library 2.000 IMSL CMATH Library 1.02 IMSL CSTAT Library 1.02 IMSL Exponent Graphics for X IMSL Exponent Graphics for C IMSL Exponent Graphics 2.1 IMSL Fortran Numerical Libraries 3.0 IMSL Fortran Numerical Libraries 2.0 and Exponent Graphics for Fortran 1.1

FORTRAN libraries have the following types available:

shared or static (and source) multi-processor shared or static <= take advantage of multi-processors architecture

====> The documentation is online <===

How to use it: ==============

user who wish to use it should execute the following command (just once):

touch ~/.use_imsl

This activate the environments variables you need by the next login. In order to make it effective immediately, please type:

source ~/.login

After it: To read the documentation online you should first be in the OpenWindows environment (X-windows) and then type:

${AC_HELP}/iptdoc &

The whole software is in /usr/local/vni

Have fun. Ciao Ray

P.S. I cannot help you for questions regarding the procedures in the IMSL libraries. Please look at the online documentation.

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2) Reminder about IMSL and the environment variables

Hello

I would like to remind you that in order to use the IMSL library you have been asked to put an empty file in your home directory with the command:

touch ~/.use_imsl

This has a consequence, that each time you source ".login" quite a lot of environment variables will be defined.

Thus: if you do not need IMSL delete this file:

rm ~/.use_imsl

to avoid unnecessary huge list of environment variables.

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