Howto install ARB manually

Installing ARB manually is the recommended way to install ARB!

Important note: In the following instructions you have to replace every occurrence of /home/you with the path to your home-directory.

1. download arb
   • create a new directory (eg. /home/you/arbDownload)
   • decide
     • which version to use (see ​http://bugs.arb-home.de/wiki#ARBversions)
     • which build to use (depends on your operation system (OS)).
       The release version was provided for CentOS5+6, Debian7, Ubuntu 10.04 up to 16.04 (LTS releases) and OSX.
       The recommended production version is provided for Debian8, Debian10 and Ubuntu 10.04 up to 20.04.
       Under OSX this ​homebrew-recipe can be used to build the production version.
       
   • download
     • the tarball you decided on (e.g. arb-r18314.ubuntu1804-amd64.tgz),
     • the installation script ​arb_install.sh
     and save these files into /home/you/arbDownload

2. install arb
   • ​open a terminal window and change to the download directory using

     cd /home/you/arbDownload
     

   • decide whether to install arb
     • for all on your machine
     • only for you
   • to install arb for all you need to run the install script as superuser. To become superuser enter the command

     sudo su
     

   • then run the install script using

     bash arb_install.sh
     

   • you will be prompted with several questions
     • "full installation path"
       • [for all ]: the default /usr/arb is ok
       • [only for you]: specify a path inside your home directory (eg. /home/you/arb6)
     • "Where do you want to put your pt_server data"
       • press ENTER to use the default
     • "Who is responsible for the PT_SERVER index files?"
       • [for all ]: enter y
       • [only for you]: press ENTER to use the default
     • "Do you trust your ?"
       • [for all ]: enter y
       • [only for you]: press ENTER to use the default
     • "Network host / Stand alone computer"
       • press ENTER to use the default
     • "further installation instructions"
       • enter 3
       • follow the instructions on screen to
         1. define an alias for arb
         2. install additional libraries/tools needed by arb
            (see ​arb_INSTALL.txt for details)
            
            If you are using ubuntu, you may simply use
            • [for all ]: /usr/arb/SH/arb_installubuntu4arb.sh arb
            • [only for you]: /home/you/arb6/SH/arb_installubuntu4arb.sh arb
       • in case you fail to create an alias, you may always call arb using its fully qualified path. In the installation described here the full path would be
         /home/you/arb6/bin/arb
         Note: the full path of your installation was just printed on your terminal as part of the alias definition.