4.1 Preparation

Preparations must be made before starting SCIRun and its PowerApps. Commands below are typed in a terminal emulation application (e.g., xterm).

See SCIRun's Initialization File--.scirunrc and Dynamic Compilation for additional information.

Change your current working directory to SCIRun's build directory (for an installation from source code) or to /usr/local/SCIRun/bin (for an installation from an RPM):

  cd SCIRun/sgi32

or

  cd /usr/local/SCIRun/bin

and type:

  ./scirun [ [-e] network_file ]

Note

Do not start SCIRun in the background, i.e.,do not type: scirun &.

The scirun command may take the name of a SCIRun network file (network files have a .net extension) for SCIRun to load. The -e tells SCIRun to execute the network after it is loaded. Network files are discussed in a later section.

If the name of a network file is not provided, SCIRun starts with an empty window as shown in Figure 4.1. Anatomy of the Main Window discusses the main features of Main Window window.

Figure 4.1: SCIRun Main Window

 

SCIRun may encounter errors during start up. Errors, warnings, and other messages are displayed in SCIRun's Message frame (see Figure 4.1). Errors should be reported to the SCIRun development team (See Reporting Bugs for information on reporting bugs).