Installing Rappture on Linux Systems

1. Download the latest Rappture distribution: -- (0MB)

2. If possible, unpack it in the /apps directory:

% cd /apps
% tar xvzf /tmp/rappture-linux-i686.tar.gz

If you can do this, you're good to go. But if you can't write to /apps, you'll have to unpack Rappture somewhere else, and then edit the rappture/bin/rappture shell script to contain the proper path. For example, you could install in /tmp as follows:

% cd /tmp
% tar xvzf rappture-linux-i686.tar.gz
% vi rappture/bin/rappture

in the editor change the following few lines at the top of the script:
  #!/bin/sh
  #
  # If you install Rappture elsewhere, edit the line below:
  RAPPTURE_INSTALL_DIR=/tmp/rappture
                       ^^^^

3. Test it out. Put the Rappture bin directory on your command path:

for csh/tcsh:  setenv PATH "/apps/rappture/bin:$PATH"
for sh/bash:   export PATH=/apps/rappture/bin:$PATH

(NOTE: You should put the PATH setting in your .profile file (sh/bash) or your .cshrc file (csh/tcsh) so it happens automatically whenever you start a shell.)

Now, run one of the examples:

% cd rappture/examples/app-fermi/tcl
% rappture

This should bring up a simple Fermi function simulator, built with Rappture and Tcl!

Try another example:

% cd ../../graph
% rappture

This should bring up a simple graphing calculator, built with Rappture and Python!

See Also

Installing on MacOSX