PHYSICA

PHYSICA is a high level, interactive programming environment with user friendly graphics and sophisticated mathematical analysis capabilities. PHYSICA is available for VAX/VMS, Alpha/VMS, Digital Unix (both 3.x and 4.0), DECstation/ULTRIX, SGI/IRIX, SUNOS, Solaris, HP-UX, IBM-AIX, and PC Linux platforms.

This is described ​here. Documentation can be found ​here Downloads are avaailable ​here

Questions should go to Daniel Savin (savin).

Installation

                 Information for PHYSICA running under Linux
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 physica.vn.nn.tar.gz             -  for running physica version n.nn
 physica.vn.nn-link.tar.gz        -  for relinking physica version n.nn
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Create the installation directory and uncompress archives:

 * gzip -d -c physica.vn.nn.tar.gz | tar xvf -

cdelacruz@metis:/usr/local$ sudo mkdir physica
cdelacruz@metis:/usr/local/physica$ sudo gzip -d *.gz
cdelacruz@metis:/usr/local/physica$ sudo tar xf physica.v2.77.kernel2.6.tar
cdelacruz@metis:/usr/local/physica$ sudo mkdir bin

 * edit physica.script and insert the proper directories

modfied paths to /usr/local/physica 

 * you may have to chmod +x physica.script and physica

cdelacruz@metis:/usr/local/physica/bin$ sudo chmod +x physica.script

 * mv physica.script to a /bin directory and rename it as physica
   By running physica from the script, the environment variables
   are properly set

modified the .bashrc file to initialize the environment:

### Physica Environment ###
PHYSICA_DIR=/usr/local/physica
export PHYSICA_DIR
TRIUMF_FONTS=/usr/local/physica
export TRIUMF_FONTS
alias physica="/usr/local/physica/physica


cdelacruz@metis:/usr/local/physica$ sudo mv physica.script /usr/local/physica/bin

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The 2.6 kernel (physica.v2.77.kernel2.6.tar.gz) version of physica
did not have linking sources.


 To relink physica:

 * gzip -d -c physica.vn.nn-link.tar.gz | tar xvf -

 * edit physica.link or physica-no-cern.link and insert the
   proper directories

 * you may have to chmod u+x the link files

 * relink using either physica.link or physica-no-cern.link
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 Note: The LinuxPPC 1999 Q3 is essentially a RH6 distribution for PowerPC
       machines. It is binary compatible with MkLinux-R1, Apple's Mach micro-
       kernel based version of Linux for Power Macs, and Yellow-Dog Linux.
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 To receive further information,  please contact:

         J.L. CHUMA                  chuma@triumf.ca
         TRIUMF
         4004 Wesbrook Mall
         Vancouver, B.C.
         Canada V6T2A3