InstallWithoutGmsec

Installing Ephemeris Messaging Code without GMSEC

If you already have a copy of GMSEC installed on your computer, you can opt to install the code without GMSEC. This is not the recommended approach for installation as you are more likely to encounter problems. In order to make the code work with your already installed copy of GMSEC, you will need to edit the environment variables path and classpath. You will also need to edit the .classpath file. The .classpath file indicates the location of the GMSEC .jar files required by the code.

1. First go into the directory where you have installed the code and open the .classpath file in either wordpad or notepad. You need to change the location of each of the .jar files located in the .classpath directory to match their location within your version of GMSEC. Go to where you have stored your GMSEC directory and do a search for the specific .jar files to make this process easier.

2. Once you have changed all of the locations, save and close the .classpath file. If you followed the instructions set up on the GMSEC website you may ignore the next step as your environment variables should already be set up. To test this follow step 4.

3. You will now need to edit your environment variables. If you are working on a Windows machine, go to [GmsecWindowsInstallation] and follow steps 3-8 . If you are working on a linux/unix platform go to [GmsecLinuxInstallation] and follow steps 11- 14.

4. To test if your environment variables have been set correctly, open a command shell and type MBServer. If you have set up your variables correctly you should see the following in your command prompt:

MBServer v 1.1 [Sep 23 2005]

Starting server on port 9000

Waiting for Client

Once you have seen this, you may close your command prompt window.

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