Using MTDATA on Linux machines:

Edit your .bash_profile file :

• Open the hidden file .bash_profile in your home directory, for example, from a terminal:

  emacs ~/.bash_profile

• Locate the line

  PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:etc.

  and add to it the following:

  :/opt/mtdata/bin

• Add below it the following line:

  MTDATA_PREFIX=/opt/mtdata/bin/

  Note the final / which must be there in this case, but not in the above (complains go to NPL).
• Locate the line

  export USERNAME BASH_ENV PATH

  and make it:

  export USERNAME BASH_ENV PATH MTDATA_PREFIX

• Save the changes.
• At this point, either you log out and log back in, or you type in your terminal source ~/.bash_profile

Prepare your home space:

• Create a directory for your MTDATA calculations. From a terminal, type:

  cd

  mkdir mt_data_calc (or whichever name you like)

• You are ready to run MTDATA:

  cd mt_data_calc

  mtdata

Good to know:

• MTDATA only runs on some of our linux machines, at this time any machine with number below 12 not inclusive (ie ptlin8, ptlin9, ptlin10 etc.).