There are several ways to access Purify.
On windows, you can run it in 330 Soda, or run it from one of the three terminal servers (dougall, laramie and maclean).
On unix, you can either access it on one of the solaris sparc machines (such as quasar.cs or pulsar.cs), or you can run it at home (currently on supported on Linux: RedHat 7.2,7.3,8.0 and Suse Rel8). Because of the specific version requirements, I recommend running Purify on the Instructional servers. The instruction for setting up on the unix machine is the following:
To access Purify from your account, do
source /share/instsww/PurifyPlus/purifyplus_setup.csh
If you are using sh, bash, or other bourne-compatible shell, do
. /share/instsww/PurifyPlus/purifyplus_setup.sh
Now Purify should be in your path and you can read the documentation here.
Warning: The current Purify software only supports RedHat 7.2,7.3,8.0 and Suse Rel8. You can try to run it on your Linux distribution, but it probably will not work. The install files require a certain version of glibc, which does not work on the linux distribution I tested.
To access the install files, go here. You'll have to login using your CalNet ID or your instructional account. Enter the PurifyPlus directory. You can find the Unix version of the software in the download directory. You will need to download the license file in the license directory as well.
Once you have downloaded the tarball, unpack it and you should find the installation directions in the README.install file. Basically you run the rs_install script and follow the directions.
Paul Huang Last modified: Tue Mar 15 16:06:33 PST 2005