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The actual order of steps is loosely related to the instruction above.

# Assumptions:

## start with a fresh copy of operating system. I used SL5.3_x86_64.

## you have full credentials at RCF, know enough login and  scp files in and out

## you will install all STAR software as non-root in a user home dir (except rpm's for which you need root)

# Setting up your computing environment

## create user = balewski

## switch shell to be *tcsh

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type ps, if you do not see 'tcsh' you must change your shell

{code

} >chsh
 enter: /bin/tcsh
{code}

Now logout, login, and  again type 'ps'

## pick name for directory for STAR software

> mkdir *star_soft

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## Set up your login by copying the following scripts from

 RCF
  >cp /afs/rhic.bnl.gov/star/group/templates/cshrc \~/.cshrc

  >cp /afs/rhic.bnl.gov/star/group/templates/login \~/.login

## tar, copy, untar the following RCF directory

/afs/rhic.bnl.gov/star/group

place it as sub dir here *\~/star_soft/group

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## modify the variable GROUP_DIR located on top of your *.login* and *.cshrc* to point to the group directory

*setenv GROUP_DIR /home/balewski/star_soft/group

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## *add to* /home/balewski/star_soft/group/site_pre_setup.

csh  2 defines:

## xx setenv STAR_ROOT /home/balewski/star_soft

setenv USE_64BIT 1

## logout/login , you should see error:

{code

} STAR: Undefined variable.
{code}

Jerome said one step in instruction is missing,  ignore it and move on to the next step: Install CERN library

# Install CERN library. My host machine is  SL5.3_x86_64.

## *Ignore* official instruction: [http://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/comp/sofi/installing/cern

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## instead copy

 both 32 64-bit compiled cern libraries directly from rcas6nnn machine.

{code

}
      tar -cf cernPro.tar /cern/pro/*
      tar -cf cern64Pro.tar /cern64/pro/*
and few more dirs because they were soft-linked directly form AFS
32bit version:  cernlib/i686-slc5-gcc41-opt/2006b/include/* , .../include
64bit version:   patchy/4.15/bin/*

{code}

Scp the tar-balls to my host and unpack both as is at exactly the same location.

/afs/rhic.bnl.gov/rcfsl/

# sudo yum install gcc4.3-c+\+