Setting up Einstein@home Build Machines

Linux x86 (woody-qemu)

• Set up a machine using Debian 3.0 "Woody" (CD, DVD image). For a VM, use "Linux 2.4 Kernel" and boot the installation with "bf24" (2.4 kernel)!. During installation, add the /kernel/arch/i386/kernel modules to the installed Kernel. A minimal system is ok for a first step.
• Download and unpack install.tar.gz somewhere (/root is ok). The archive contains three files:
  • packages.dpkg: a dpkg package list
  • compile.sh: a shell script to download & compile some stuff (including gcc-4.0.3)
  • install.sh: a shell skript that installs the packages listed in dpkg.packages from the DVD and then runs compile.sh to install the rest of prerequites needed to build an Einstein@home application
• login as root:
  • echo "send host-name \"`hostname`\";" >> /etc/dhclient.conf
  • apt-get install curl-ssl tar gzip; curl http://atlas.atlas.aei.uni-hannover.de/~bema/tarballs/woody-install.tar.gz | tar -xzf -
  • ./install.sh

Alternatively

• Set up a machine using Ubuntu 4.10 Warty Warthog (CD, local copy)
• sudo apt-get install gcc g++ automake autoconf libtool install make curl wget zlib1g-dev
• Compile additional stuff using warthog-compile.sh: warthog-compile.sh (should be almost identical to the one used for Woody)
• If you want to install other packages (like emacs21) add what you need from

deb     http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu warty main restricted
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu warty main restricted
deb     http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu warty-updates main restricted
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu warty-updates main restricted
deb     http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu warty-security main restricted
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu warty-security main restricted
 
deb     http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu warty universe
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu warty universe
deb     http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu warty-updates universe
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu warty-updates universe
deb     http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu warty-security universe
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu warty-security universe

deb     http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu warty multiverse
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu warty multiverse
deb     http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu warty-updates multiverse
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu warty-updates multiverse
deb     http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu warty-security multiverse
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu warty-security multiverse

Linux x86_64 (drake64-qemu)

• Set up Ubuntu 6.06 LTS amd64 server (CD)
• vubuntu606lts64.packages: Package List
• vubuntu606lts64_compile.sh: Compile extras for BOINC build
• If you want to install other packages (like emacs21) add what you need from

deb     http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted
deb     http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted
deb     http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted
 
deb     http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper universe
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper universe
deb     http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates universe
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates universe
deb     http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe

deb     http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper multiverse
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper multiverse
deb     http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates multiverse
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates multiverse
deb     http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security multiverse
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security multiverse

to /etc/apt/sources.list. A tarball containing emacs21 and prerequisites (emacs21-bin-common emacs21-common emacsen-common libungif4g xaw3dg) should be at http://atlas.atlas.aei.uni-hannover.de/~bema/tarballs/dapper-emacs-deb.tar.gz

Mac OS X (eddie (PPC), trillian (x86))

• Install Mac OS 10.4
• Update Mac OS
• Download & Install Xcode 2.5
• Install MacPorts-2.1.3-10.4-Tiger.dmg (local copy, MacPorts site)
• sudo port selfupdate
• sudo port install autoconf automake pkgconfig libtool git-core openssl python27 python_select (full list: apr apr-util autoconf automake bzip2 curl curl-ca-bundle cyrus-sasl2 db46 expat gdbm gettext git-core gperf help2man libiconv libidn libtool m4 ncurses ncursesw neon openssl p5-error p5-locale-gettext perl5 perl5.8 pkgconfig popt python27 python_select readline rsync serf sqlite3 subversion zlib)
• sudo port select python python27
• sudo ln -s /opt/local/bin/glibtoolize /opt/local/bin/libtoolize
• Installing Porticus makes things easier

Alternatively

• Install Mac OS 10.5
• Update Mac OS
• Install Xcode 3.1.4
• Install MacPorts 2.1.3 Leopard

Windows (cross-compiled on squeeze-qemu)

• Install (minimal) Debian "Squeeze"
• squeeze.dpkg.packages: Package list for debian squeeze

Windows (with MSC, obsolete since Windows apps can now be cross-compiled on Linux)

• There is a text document describing the setup process in einsteinathome/HierarchicalSearch/HOWTO_setup_Windows_build_machine.txt
• For setting up ssh login on Cygwin see http://ncyoung.com/entry/389 (local copy)