DIGITAL Fortran
Installation Guide for OpenVMS Alpha Systems

April 1996 (online version revised January 1997)

Order Number: AA-PU3AD-TE

This guide describes how to install DIGITAL Fortran on an Alpha processor system running the OpenVMS operating system. It also describes how to read the online release notes.

Note: This online installation guide was revised for Version 7.1 to provide the correct PRODUCT INSTALL commands in Chapter 2. This correction will added to the printed version the next time it is revised.

Revision/Update Information: This manual supersedes all previous DEC Fortran and DEC Fortran 90 installation guides for OpenVMS Alpha systems.

Operating System: OpenVMS Alpha Version 6.1 (or higher; see Section 1.1)

Software Version: DIGITAL Fortran Version 7.0 (or higher)

Digital Equipment Corporation
Maynard, Massachusetts

© Digital Equipment Corporation 1996. All Rights Reserved.

Contents

Preface

1 Preparing for DIGITAL Fortran Installation

1.1 The Software Product Library CD-ROM and Installation-Related Documentation Files

1.2 Required Operating System Components

1.3 License Registration

1.4 Installation Procedure Requirements

1.4.1 Installation Account Privileges and Disk Space

1.4.2 System Parameters

1.4.2.1 Calculating Values for GBLPAGES and GBLSECTIONS

1.4.2.2 Changing System Parameter Values with AUTOGEN

1.5 Backing Up Your System Disk

1.6 Recovering from Installation Errors

2 Installing DIGITAL Fortran

3 After Installing DIGITAL Fortran

3.1 Running the Installation Verification Procedure Separately

3.2 Modifying the System-Wide Startup Command Procedure

3.3 VMScluster Considerations

3.4 Making the FORTRAN and F90 Commands Available After Installation

3.5 User Account Requirements

3.6 Enhancing DIGITAL Fortran Performance

3.7 OpenVMS Upgrade Issues

3.8 Removing DIGITAL Fortran

3.9 Troubleshooting Tips

3.10 Getting Help and Reporting Problems

Tables

1 Conventions Used in This Document

1-1 LMF Product Names Used by DIGITAL Fortran

1-2 Disk Space Requirements


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