[AG-TECH] Upgrading from AG 3.0.2 to 3.1 on Slack 11

[Christoph Willing]

On 29/01/2008, at 3:19 AM, Jeremy Mann wrote:

> I'm upgrading several 3.0.2 machines to 3.1 on Slack 11 and VIC is
> giving me the same error. This is consistent on all machine. When
> tries to run, I get this error:
>
> vic: problem opening ip data socket
>
> If I replace the VIC that comes with 3.0.2, I don't get this message
> and VIC opens as expected.
>
> I also noticed that the same version is in both packages,
> 2.8ucl-1.3.0, so what else changed from 3.0.2 to 3.1?


Jeremy,

The recommended way to upgrade is to download and run the installer:
     http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/research/accessgrid/software/ 
slackware/SL-11.0/AG-install-3.1-SL11.i686-2-1.run
(beware length of link) which updates a number of packages as well as  
AG3.1 itself (e.g. vic, but others as well). Upgrading individual  
components is _not_ recommended due to various interdependencies  
between the components.

The full installation instructions are at:
     http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/research/accessgrid/software/ 
slackware/ag3install.html
(again beware length of link)

The AG package version you should have after upgrade is:
   AccessGrid-3.1-i686-2
and for vic it should be:
   ag-vic-2.8ucl-1.3.0-r4086-i686-1

The last machine upgraded here from 3.0.2 to 3.1 previously had:
   AccessGrid-3.0.2-i686-8
and
   ag-vic-2.8ucl-1.3.0-r4080-i686-1


you can find the installed versions by running
   ls /var/log/packages | grep Access
and
   ls /var/log/packages | grep vic


chris



Christoph Willing                       +61 7 3365 8350
QCIF Access Grid Manager
University of Queensland