Installing IRMA on Linux or Mac OS X

Installing IRMA is made easy because we pre-package system specific third-party binaries with only a few exceptions. IRMA dynamically detects its install directory and requires the IRMA_RES folder in the same directory, which is how it is distributed by default. IRMA is pre-packaged with LABEL, which cannot be removed because IRMA uses some of LABEL's packaged scripts.

1. IRMA was designed for use with Linux and Mac OS X.
2. IRMA requires at least Perl version 5 and BASH version 3, which is standard on most Linux & Mac OS X systems. If a particular standard unix utility is missing, you may receive a warning message or else running IRMA will fail. This is unlikely.
3. Download the latest version of IRMA & LABEL and unzip the archive in the desired <install_path>.
4. Install R. R must be available on any computer which runs IRMA processes.
5. If you are running IRMA on a computer grid, you'll need a compatible grid engine such as Open Grid Scheduler. You can use IRMA without a computer grid, but you must make sure to set GRID_ON=0 in your configuration, which is default.
6. You must add <install_path>/flu-amd to your system's PATH variable.
7. IRMA is now installed, you can test your installation by running the test script:
   
   
   • cd install-path/flu-amd/tests
   • ./test_run.sh