Patch installation instructions for Spartan '06 version 129. View Patch Release Notes

To determine which patch to download, run the following command on the system which Spartan '06 is installed.

spartan -a

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32 bit ("spartan -a" returns P2, P3, P4)
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Download patch 3 for Spartan '06 version 129 (32 bit)

To apply the patch, enter the following command as root user...

sh spar129_ia32.p3.sh

After the patch is installed the installation program must be run. First change directory to the directory where spartan was installed. The default location is "/usr/spartan06.129_26_int9".

cd "directory_where_spartan_installed"

Next, run the installation program.

./sp_install

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64 bit AMD64/EM64T ("spartan -a" returns P4e)
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Download patch 3 for Spartan '06 version 129 (32 bit)

To apply the patch, enter the following command as root user...

sh spar129_ia32e.p3.sh

After the patch is installed the installation program must be run. First change directory to the directory where spartan was installed. The default location is "/usr/spartan06.129_26_int9e".

cd "directory_where_spartan_installed"

Next, run the installation program.

./sp_install

The Itanium version is currently frozen at patch level 1.

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64 bit Itanium ("spartan -a" returns I2)
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Download patch 3 for Spartan '06 version 129 (32 bit)

To apply the patch, enter the following command as root user...

sh spar129_ia64.p1.sh

After the patch is installed the installation program must be run. First change directory to the directory where spartan was installed. The default location is "/usr/spartan06.129_26_int9".

cd "directory_where_spartan_installed"

Next, run the installation program.

./sp_install

Patch Release Notes...

Patch3 has been made available for Spartan '06 129 to fix the following problems...

1) Monitor now displays output from running jobs

2) New Intel Xeon 5200 and 5400 processors correctly identified

3) Nucleotide B helix now outputs a B helix not an A helix

Patch2 has been made available for Spartan '06 129 to fix the following problems...

1) Drag & Drop added to main window.

2) Asserts are now turned off for release build.

3) "Fast Rotate" preference was reversed.

4) Align by CFD crash fixed

5) Displaying dipoles caused program to lockup/crash.

6) "Global Model" setting was not read correctly when opening existing Spartan documents/folders.

7) User rotate during animation/vibration caused animation/vibration to stop.

8) Extraneous redraw removed, should result in faster rendering.

9) Charge and Multiplicity were not tracking user modification.

Patch1 has been made available for Spartan '06 129 to fix the following problems...

1) Added support for Red Hat EL 3

2) Submit errors caused by incorrect path to system command basename/dirname

3) Mol2 export not exporting charges

4) Updated Bromine parameter for T1 method

5) Added "Keep Verbose" toggle to preferences. When checked, verbose output will not be pruned.

6) Output and spreadsheet views disappeared when "Minimized".