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Creating a Local Copy of the Material Archive

You will not have file system permissions to write into the default locations for the Material Archive. Instead, you should:

1. In a terminal type in: printenv HOME
2. In the File → Properties menu dialogue, click on the Directories tab and set the Local Repository Directory to the output of step 1 followed by a forward slash  /.GenISys/Repository
   1. It may already be set to this
3. Type into a terminal: ls -l /etc/alternatives/TRACER
4. Create a local directory
5. Copy the files from the Tracer install location's MaterialArchive folder to that local directory (see example commands below).
6. Optionally copy the files from the Additional Supplemental Materials Files folder to that local directory
7. In the File → Properties menu dialogue, click on the Archives Directories tab and set the directory you created as the Material Archive Directory.Global Repository Directory to the output of step 3, substituting the word 'Repository' for the word 'TRACER'
8. Optionally copy the files from /usr/local/cnf/tracer/MaterialArchive to your local Repository/MaterialArchive directory

After making the above changes, you may have to expand/collapse the tree in the left pane of TRACER a few times.

You will also need to update the archive preference in LayoutBEAMER to point to your local copy of the Material Archive.You can create a local copy of the archive using the following terminal commands:

$ mkdir ~/MaterialArchive
 
# Determine the TRACER version number with:
$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/TRACER
 
# Substitute in the version number for <version_number>
$ rsync -av /opt/local/TRACER/<version_number>/bin/MaterialArchive/ ~/MaterialArchive/

# Optionally copy the additional CNF Materials Archive files
$ rsync -av /usr/local/cnf/tracer/MaterialArchive/ ~/MaterialArchive .GenISys/Repository/MaterialArchive 

# For example:
ls -l /etc/alternatives/TRACER

# Gives output:
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 34 Sep 17  2020 /etc/alternatives/TRACER -> /opt/local/TRACER/2.11.1/bin/run_TRACER

# TheSo setyou ofwould numbersset between "TRACER/" and "/run_TRACER" is the version number.
rsync -av the Global Archive to:
/opt/local/TRACER/2.11.1/bin/MaterialArchive/ ~/MaterialArchive/

# The above rsync command will fail if the ~/MaterialArchive/ folder does not exist. Don't forget to first:
mkdir ~/MaterialArchive

# Optionally copy the additional CNF Materials Archive files
$ rsync -av /usr/local/cnf/tracer/MaterialArchive/ ~/MaterialArchiveRepository

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