At SSRL, it is typical to install the DCS software in the /usr/local/dcs directory of a beam line computer. Each project is checked out of CVS into this directory. For example, the blu-ice software would reside in the /usr/local/dcs/blu-ice directory.
Therefore, before you install the software you will need to
create a /usr/local/dcs/ directory with the appropriate file permissions.
Depending on the purpose of a particular computer, it may not be necessary to install all of the DCS software components. For example, it is not necessary to check out BLU-ICE onto a computer that will only be used to run a DHS program.