The fvs tar balls allow you to install fvs under your own account.  You will
have to modify your .profile and/or .cshrc files.  Here is what to do:

  1. Create a directory under your user ID (e.g., /u/xx) called vsdb, and
     execute "cd vsdb".
  2. Unzip the downloaded file named vfvs_soft.tar.gz and untar it in the vsdb
     directory.  Use options -xpvf on the tar command.
     If this is a first-time installation, execute "mv d_scripts scripts";
     otherwise, copy only scripts that have changed from d_scripts into scripts.
     Be careful not to copy scripts you modified in an earlier installation,
     see step 7. below.  You may need to modify your version of these scripts.
  3. Create a directory called vsdb_exe on a permanent disk where you have a
     lot of space.
  4. Unzip the downloaded file named vfvs_exe_SYS.tar.gz and untar it in the
     vsdb_exe directory.  SYS is replaced with the name of the operating system.
  5. Do the following in your .cshrc (or .profile, with ksh syntax):
        1) Add vsdb_exe directory to your path
        2) Set environment variable VSDB to /u/xx/vsdb
        3) Set environment variable VSDB_DATA to point at your VSDB data
        4) source /u/xx/vsdb/scripts/for_fvs
           (ksh: . /u/xx/vsdb/scripts/for_fvs.sh)
  6. Log out and log back in to test.
  7. If fvs does not work, you may have to modify for_fvs and/or for_fvs.sh.
  8. Modify the "set_vsdb_data2" scripts if you want to have correct interactive
     choices for multiple VSDB data paths in fvs.  This is optional.

This assumes you have GEMPAK installed and GEMPAK environment variables set;
although, you will not need GEMPAK if you specify only DEVICE=TX (text) for
graphics output.

For complete information, enter "fvs h" to print the help file.