3.3.2 Unpacking the distributions

You can retrieve the Harvest distributions from a number of distribution sites.

Once you've retrieved the distribution, create a directory in which the Harvest software will live (typically /usr/local/harvest), then change your current directory to it. To unpack the binary distribution, run the following command to extract the software into the current directory:

     % gzip -dc harvest-CPU-MACHINE-OS.tar.gz | tar xf -

To unpack the source distribution, run the following command to extract the software into the current directory:

     % gzip -dc harvest-src.tar.gz | tar xf -

WARNING: You must extract the Harvest software in an empty directory; do not extract it over any older version of Harvest. Finally, define the HARVEST_HOME environment variable. HARVEST_HOME is the Harvest directory that you extracted from distribution file.

        % cd harvest-1.3
        % setenv HARVEST_HOME `pwd`