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diff --git a/doc/source/quick_install.rst b/doc/source/quick_install.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 6ed939f..0000000 --- a/doc/source/quick_install.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,87 +0,0 @@ -Quick Installation -================== - -Make sure you're computer meets the :ref:`hardware-prerequisites`! - -.. _ubuntu11.04_quick: - -Ubuntu 11.04 ------------- - -Andy Mastbaum has provided a shell script that downloads and compiles -all of the Chroma prerequisites. It has been tested to work with -Ubuntu 11.04. To use this script, first go perform -:ref:`ubuntu_11.04_step1` and :ref:`ubuntu_11.04_step2` in the -Step-by-Step Installation guide. Then download -:download:`chroma-setup.sh` and run the following:: - - chmod +x chroma-setup.sh - ./chroma-setup -j4 -n ~/chroma_env - -This will download and compile (with 4 CPU cores; increase the ``-j`` -option if you have more cores) all the source code required to create -a self-contained Chroma environment in ``$HOME/chroma_env``. To setup -your environment to use Chroma, just run ``source -$HOME/chroma_env/bin/activate``. - -.. _rhel6_quick: - -Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 --------------------------- - -The following procedure has been tested on a basic RHEL6 install. - -Disable the nouveau graphics driver -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - -Edit /etc/grub.conf and add ``rdblacklist=nouveau`` to the end of the kernel line:: - - kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64 ... rdblacklist=nouveau - -Create the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf with the line:: - - blacklist nouveau - -Install the CUDA Driver and Toolkit -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - -First, download the NVIDIA driver appropriate to your machine at the `NVIDIA Unix Drivers Download Page <http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html>`_. - -Dropt to a full terminal by pressing `CTRL+ALT+F1` and then enter:: - - su - - init 3 - -Login again at the prompt and enter the following commands:: - - su - - cd /home/user/Downloads - chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.64.run - ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.64.run - -During the installation you can just pick all the default options. - -Download the CUDA toolkit from the `CUDA Toolkit Archive <https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit-41-archive>`_, and run the following commands to install it:: - - su - - cd /home/user/Downloads - chmod +x cudatoolkit_4.1.28_linux_64_rhel6.x.run - ./cudatoolkit_4.1.28_linux_64_rhel6.x.run - -Download and run `chroma-setup.py <http://chroma.bitbucket.org/_downloads/chroma-setup.py>`_:: - - python chroma-setup.py /home/user/chroma_env - -where ``/home/user/chroma_env`` is where you would like all of the packages installed. This should preferably be an empty directory. - -.. note:: You must be able to run the ``sudo`` command. Near the end of the installation as it is trying to install pygame, the install sort of halts. Just press enter and it will continue. - -Now, go get some lunch! The installation takes hours. - -If the installation went successfully, chroma and many of the other packages were installed into a `virtual environment <http://www.virtualenv.org/en/latest/>`_ created during the setup. To start using chroma just activate the virtual environment by running:: - - source /home/user/chroma_env/bin/activate - -Try the following to see if everything worked:: - - chroma-cam @chroma.models.lionsolid |