Set Up Environment Variables
In order to run the software for validation, you need to set up your command line environment properly.
This includes changing your PATH environment variable so you can run the installed executables, and adding two environment variables that are used by the Altair Accelerator programs.
Set your command line environment by sourcing a setup file created by the
installation. You will source the setup file that matches your platform and
shell. As earlier, we are using the path
/opt/rtda/<release> in our examples as the location
of the installation.
| Platform Type | Shell | Command to Source File |
|---|---|---|
| UNIX | csh tcsh | source /opt/rtda/2020.1/common/etc/vovrc.csh |
| bash sh ksh zsh | . /opt/rtda/2020.1/common/etc/vovrc.sh | |
| Windows | DOS | c:\rtda\2020.1\win64\bat\vovinit.bat |
Each one of these files defines the variable VOVDIR, which
will be used in the rest of the installation documentation and which must be set
for proper operation of Altair Accelerator software.
The environment variable VOVDIR always points to the platform specific directory, so that, for example, the executables can be found in $VOVDIR/bin, the documentation can be found in $VOVDIR/doc, and the local information can be found in $VOVDIR/local.