InstallCara

Installing CARA

Get the latest executable release from the official download page for executables. Older executables are located here. The releases are named cara_XXX_OS where 'XXX'=release number like 1.8.2, and OS is the operating system like linux. Each release is accompanied by CARA Release Notes which give a description of each version of CARA and the new features and bug fixes introduced. .

Get the latest template from the TemplatesPage. Templates are named StartX.X.cara where X.X indicates the oldest version of CARA that the template is compatible with. E.g. Start1.2.cara is compatible with CARA 1.2 and higher.

Follow the instructions below for your specific operating system:

Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP

• Copy the file caraXXX_win32.exe or caraXXX_win32.zip to your computer.
• If you downloaded a compressed version, unzip it using the Windows Explorer or an auxillary program of your choice.
• You can now start CARA, no further installation is required.
• Next you need to configure the CARA repository. The fastest way is to open a standard template repository found on the TemplatesPage. Use "Files-Open" and select the template file.
• You can place cara.exe in the programs folder, and configure windows to always open .cara files with the CARA executable. Double-clicking on repository files will automatically start CARA with the repository loaded.

Linux

• Copy the file named cara_XXX_linux or caraXXX_linux.gz into a directory in your search path like /home/myself/bin/ and in the case of the compressed file unzip it using gunzip caraXXX_linux.gz. You may have to make the unzipped file executable using chmod a+x caraXXX_linux.
• You can now start CARA, no further installation is required. If CARA complains about a missing library, you may be missing the version of the Standard C library that CARA expects. If your Linux distribution is Debian or Debian-like (such as Ubuntu, Knoppix, ...) you can easily get it using sudo apt-get to install libstdc++5.
• Next you need to configure the CARA repository. The fastest way is to open a standard template repository found on the TemplatesPage. Use "Files-Open" and select the template file.

Mac

• Install the latest version of X11 on your mac (should be the one compatible with your architecture)
• Copy the file named cara_XXX_osx into the directory of your search path like /home/myself/bin/ and if the file is uncompressed than unzip it using gunzip cara_XXX_osx.gz. You may have to make the unzipped file executable with chmod a+x cara_XXX_osx.
• You can now start CARA by opening an X11 window and typing cara_XXX_osx. no further installation is required. It should run on both PowerPC and Intel architectures.
• Next you need to configure the CARA repository. The fastest way is to open a standard template repository found on the TemplatesPage. Use "Files-Open" and select the template file.
• Further details are available here SGI (IRIX)

Sun (Solaris 8)

• Copy the file in a directory in your search path like /home/myself/bin/. Try to start CARA.
• If an error message appears, your system does not have all necessary libraries.
• Download libstdc++.so.2.10.0 from file:/home/rkeller/Releases/ and place it into a directory contained in the environnment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
• CARA should now start. You can create an alias in your .aliases file as a shortcut to start CARA.
• Next you need to configure the CARA repository. The fastest way is to open a standard template repository found on the TemplatesPage. Use "Files-Open" and select the template file.

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