This guide explains 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.
Keep this guide with your distribution kit. You will need it to install maintenance updates or to reinstall DIGITAL Fortran for any other reason.
This manual applies to Version 7.0 of DIGITAL Fortran and all subsequent releases until a revised installation guide is issued.
This guide is intended for system managers who install DIGITAL Fortran.
This guide contains the following chapters:
In addition to this guide, the DIGITAL Fortran documentation set includes the following:
For the location of the DIGITAL Fortran "read first" cover letter and the release notes, see Section 1.1.
Once installed, you can use DIGITAL Fortran online HELP, which describes the command qualifiers, explains run-time messages, and provides a quick-reference summary of language topics. To use online HELP, type HELP followed by the command name as in the following examples:
$ HELP FORTRAN $ HELP F90
The following manuals in the OpenVMS Alpha documentation set contain information relevant to installing software:
For help understanding OpenVMS system error messages, see the OpenVMS System Messages and Recovery Procedures Reference Manual or the online HELP/MESSAGE facility.
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Table 1 lists the conventions used in this document.
| Convention | Meaning |
|---|---|
| UPPERCASE_TEXT | Uppercase letters indicate the name of a command, a file, a parameter, a procedure, or a utility. |
| $ SHOW DEFAULT | In interactive examples, prompts or displayed text appears in a monospaced font. User input appears in bold. |
| $ | The dollar sign indicates the DCL prompt. This prompt may be different on your system. |
| Ctrl/x | In interactive examples, a sequence such as Ctrl/x indicates that you must hold down the key labeled Ctrl while you press another key or a pointing device button; for example, Ctrl/C or Ctrl/Z. |
| <Return> | In code examples, a key name is shown enclosed to indicate that you press a key on a keyboard. |
| [YES] | Square brackets indicate that the enclosed item is a default value in an installation prompt. Also, square brackets serve as delimiters for a directory name in a file specification. |
| OpenVMS, OpenVMS Alpha, OpenVMS AXP | References to OpenVMS, OpenVMS AXP, or OpenVMS Alpha refer to the OpenVMS Alpha operating system. |
| DEC Fortran DEC Fortran 90 DIGITAL Fortran 77 DIGITAL Fortran 90 DIGITAL Fortran | References to DEC Fortran and DIGITAL Fortran 77 refer to the DIGITAL Fortran 77 compiler. References to DEC Fortran 90 and DIGITAL Fortran 90 refer to the DIGITAL Fortran 90 compiler. References to DIGITAL Fortran refer to the merged DIGITAL Fortran product. For more information, see the Read Before Installing or Using DIGITAL Fortran Version n.n for OpenVMS Alpha Systems. |
In this manual, some version numbers are given as "Vn.n". When you install DIGITAL Fortran, the actual version numbers appear on your screen. 1