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+#!/bin/bash
+
+################################################################################
+#                                                                              #
+# This script installs the specified MonetDB release.                          #
+# Provide the script with the release name, version number and directory       #
+# where the database will be installed.                                        #
+#                                                                              #
+# Run as (for example):                                                        #
+# ./install_monetdb.sh Dec2016-SP5 11.25.23 /scratch/myname/databases          #
+#                                                                              #
+################################################################################
+
+rname=$1
+mname=${rname}
+mversion=$2
+mdbname=MonetDB-${mname}
+mdbversion=MonetDB-${mversion}
+dbdir=$3
+
+mkdir -p $dbdir
+cd $dbdir
+rm -Rf $mdbname
+# Used for releases:
+wget http://www.monetdb.org/downloads/sources/${mname}/${mdbversion}.tar.bz2
+# Used for test-releases:
+#wget http://dev.monetdb.org/downloads/testing/sources/${rname}/${mdbversion}.tar.bz2
+tar -xvjf ${mdbversion}.tar.bz2
+
+mkdir -p $dbdir/$mdbname/build
+cd $dbdir/$mdbname/build
+# On Ubuntu this has to run with --disable-strict --disable-geom, others may use --enable-strict
+# To copy the ubuntu environment we use these settings (although the latter are for Fedora)
+#../$mdbversion/configure --prefix=$dbdir/$mdbname --disable-optimize --enable-debug --enable-assert --disable-strict --disable-geom 2>&1 | tee configure.output.log
+../../$mdbversion/configure --prefix=$dbdir/$mdbname --enable-optimize --disable-debug --disable-assert --disable-strict --disable-geom --enable-fits 2>&1 | tee configure.output.log
+make 2>&1 | tee make.output.log
+make install
+
+echo 
+echo "Don't forget to set the PATHs in your ~/.bashrc"
+echo "READY"
+