This step sets up your environment for both correct and speedier installation. It is assumed that you will complete all the remaining steps without signing off from the target computer.
Sign on as the extraview user
If you are compiling your own Apache web server, ensure the path to the GNU C Compiler, make and ar are in your working path. If not, you have to find the correct path and make sure that it is part of the $PATH variable.
which gcc
which ar
which make
Set local environment variables for the directories within which you will work
export INSTALL=/usr/local/extraview/install;
export BASE=/usr/local/extraview;
mkdir $BASE
mkdir $INSTALL
Place all the downloaded software into the $INSTALL directory
