Re: [Condor-users] Installing Condor in C:\Program Files

["Andrey Kaliazin" <A.Kaliazin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

In our pool Condor does work perfectly well being installed 
in "C:\Program Files\Condor" folder. All you need to do is to use this 
8.3 name (c:\progra~1\Condor), as was suggested by others on this list.
Just make sure that you put it into the registry AND, most important,
into the condor_config file.
One small hint - for some reason Condor (or windows) is partially 
case-sensitive in this case. I have found that if you call the 
folder "Condor" in the first place, so you should use it exactly
in config files. Just "c:\progra~1\condor" would not work, while
"c:\progra~1\Condor" works fine.

Hope this helps,

cheers


Andrey Kaliazin
Senior Server Engineer
Information Systems Aston (ISA)
Aston University, Aston Triangle,
Birmingham, UK
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James Osborne
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 11:45 AM
> To: condor-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Condor-users] Installing Condor in C:\Program Files
> 
> Hi All
> 
> Does anybody have any experience of installing Condor 6.6.11 
> on windows into
> C:\Program Files\Condor directory, I know the installer 
> defaults to C:\Condor
> but has anybody got it to work when installing it elsewhere 
> in the filesystem,
> the reasoning behind why (tidiness) and the things I have 
> tried to get Condor to
> work after installation into C:\Program Files\Condor
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> James
> 
> Hi All
> 
> The short answer is that Condor cannot be installed in 
> C:\Program Files. 
> 
> I removed my current installation of Condor from the 
> filesystem and the
> registry (deleteing all keys relating to Condor) and 
> reinstalled Condor using
> the original installation program I downloaded from the web, 
> not my copying
> batch file.  The problem is the space in the filename.  To 
> fix it I replaced all
> entries in the registry as follows
> 
> Installation program sets this
> Under HKLM\Software\Condor\
> CONDOR_CONFIG C:\Program Files\Condor\condor_config
> RELEASE_DIR   C:\Program Files\Condor
> 
> Gives this error
> ERROR: Can't read config file c:\program
> 
> So I tried to change those variables to quoted ones as follows
> Under HKLM\Software\Condor\
> CONDOR_CONFIG "C:\Program Files\Condor\condor_config"
> RELEASE_DIR   "C:\Program Files\Condor"
> 
> Gives this error
> Neither the environment variable CONDOR_CONFIG,
> nor the registry contains a path to a condor_config file.
> Either set CONDOR_CONFIG to point to a valid config file,
> or put a "condor_config" file in the registry at:
>  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\condor\CONDOR_CONFIG
> 
> So having tried the latter suggestion I tried the former, 
> adding a variable
> using set at the command prompt both with and without quotes
> 
> set CONDOR_CONFIG=C:\Program Files\Condor\condor_config
> 
> Gives this error
> ERROR: Can't read config file c:\program
> 
> set CONDOR_CONFIG="C:\Program Files\Condor\condor_config"
> 
> Gives this error
> ""C:\Program Files\Condor\condor_config"" does not exist.
> 
> Which makes me think windows is clever enough to put in a set 
> of quotes for
> file names with a space in the path when using set, however 
> the last error is
> itself an error because a condor_config file does exist at 
> that location in the
> filesystem, I checked.
> 
> Do any of you have any further suggestions as to what I might try ?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> James
> 
> ---
> 
> Dr James Osborne, BSc (hons), PhD
> High End Computing Support Engineer
> Information Services, Cardiff University, 50 Park Place, 
> Cardiff CF10 3AT,
> Wales UK
> Tel: +44(0)29 2087 4657
> Fax: +44(0)29 2087 4285
> Email: osborneja1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> Web: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/condor 
> 
> ---
> 
> Dr James Osborne, BSc (hons), PhD
> High End Computing Support Engineer
> Information Services, Cardiff University, 50 Park Place, 
> Cardiff CF10 3AT,
> Wales UK
> Tel: +44(0)29 2087 4657
> Fax: +44(0)29 2087 4285
> Email: osborneja1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> Web: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/condor 
> 
> >>> Ray Jordan 13/10/2006 09:46 >>>
> James
> 
> I would like to change the default path being used by condor 
> from c:\condor to
> c:\program files\condor.  It looks untidy in the root of the 
> system volume, and
> I am trying to standardise the installation of any 
> application in the windows
> environment.  We have worked hard over the past couple of 
> years to achieve this,
> so would appreciate it if you could move it, even if it is 
> only from image 830
> onwards.  
> 
> Hugh, should I work with Richard to produce an IT standard for this?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Ray
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