2.2 UNIX/Linux

The UNIX/Linux installation is provided as a gzipped tar distribution (e.g. vida-3.0.0-redhat-9.0-i586.tar.gz). The first step is to determine where VIDA will be installed. We recommend /usr/local. Next move the installation file to that directory and untar the file using the following commands:

tar -zxvf vida-3.0.0-redhat-9.0-i586.tar.gz

This will create an openeye directory where VIDA will be installed. The executable can be found in the openeye/bin directory. It is worth considering adding /usr/local/openeye/bin (or wherever it is installed) to the PATH environment variable so that it can be executed from anywhere without having to specify the full installation path.

To uninstall VIDA, simply remove the executable from the openeye/bin direcctory. Nothing else is required. New versions can be installed directly over previous versions.