Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/packagers/ubuntu/README
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/packagers/ubuntu/README	(revision 11575)
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+To install ISSM, untar ISSM-Ubuntu32.tar.gz 
+You will get an ISSM directory. 
+
+You then need to setup the following environment variable in your 
+.bashrc or .cshrc: 
+
+in your .bashrc: 
+export ISSM_TIER='path_to_untarred_ISSM/bin'
+
+or in your .cshrc: 
+setenv ISSM_TIER 'path_to_untarred_ISSM'
+
+Once this is done, fireup matlab from inside the ISSM directory: 
+matlab -nojvm -r "startup;"
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/packagers/ubuntu/package.sh
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/packagers/ubuntu/package.sh	(revision 11575)
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+#/bin/bash
+
+#Just tar gz the bin/ directory and test/ directory and put a startup.m file.
+
+rm -rf ISSM ISSM-Ubuntu32.tar.gz
+
+mkdir ISSM
+cd ISSM
+ln -s $ISSM_TIER/bin ./bin
+ln -s $ISSM_TIER/test ./test
+cp ../startup.m ./
+cp ../README.m ./
+cd ..
+tar  zcvfh  ISSM-Ubuntu32.tar.gz --exclude='.svn' ./ISSM
+rm -rf ISSM
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/packagers/ubuntu/startup.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/packagers/ubuntu/startup.m	(revision 11575)
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+%STARTUP - Matlab startup script
+%
+%   startup.m is a script run by matlab at the beginning of a session, just
+%   before handing over the prompt to the user. This delivery startup.m script
+%   has been customized here for the ISSM code. This startup script should be
+%   run by users before trying to use ISSM. The best way to do that is to put
+%   the startup file in the location where Matlab starts and established its
+%   root directory.
+
+% clear the last warning to focus on the warnings of the ISSM path
+lastwarn(''); 
+
+%Recover ISSM_TIER , or if on a Windows machine, ISSM_TIER_WIN
+ISSM_TIER=getenv('ISSM_TIER');
+
+if (isempty(ISSM_TIER)),
+	error('issmdir error message: ''ISSM_TIER'' environment variable is empty! You should define ISSM_TIER in your .cshrc or .bashrc!');
+end
+
+%Now add all issm code paths necessary to run issm smoothly. 
+%We capture the error output, so that we can warn the user to update 
+%the variable ISSM_TIER in this file, in case it is not correctly setup. 
+
+%ISSM path
+addpath(ISSM_TIER);
+addpath([ISSM_TIER '/bin']);
+
+%Check on any warning messages that might indicate that the paths were not correct. 
+if ~isempty(lastwarn),
+	fprintf('\n  Error trying to setup ''ISSM'' code paths. Try and update the ISSM_TIER variable in your .cshrc or .bashrc!\n');
+	fprintf('  ''ISSM'' will not  work at all until this is resolved\n\n');
+else
+	fprintf('\n  To get started with ISSM, type issmdoc at the command prompt.\n\n');
+end
+
+%disable matlab bell!
+beep off;
+
+% no warning if we try to plot while in nojvm (will not be supported in future releases)
+warning off MATLAB:HandleGraphics:noJVM