Why won't WAVE run?

Here are a few things to check:

1.    The command used to run WAVE must be typed in lower case, as in ` wave -r 100s -a atr'. Note that letters in record names and annotator names are also usually in lower case.
2.   Try typing wave with no command-line arguments. You should see a summary of options. If you don't, wave has not been installed properly, is not in your PATH, or another program named wave is in your PATH.

        Errors similar to `wave: can't load library 'libxview.so.3'' indicate an installation problem which is probably shared by other applications that use the same libraries. Use the command `ldd `which wave` to identify which dynamically linked libraries are missing. Locate these on your system (for example, using a command such as `find / -name libxview.so.3 -print'; if any of these libraries cannot be found on your system, it may be downloaded from MIT.) Add the directories in which the missing libraries are found to your LD_LIBRARY_PATH. For example, if the missing libraries are located in /usr/openwin/lib, and you are using the C-shell, use the command `setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/openwin/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}'. Under Linux, if you can obtain root permissions, a more permanent solution is to add /usr/openwin/lib to the list of directories in `/etc/ld.so.conf', and then to run ldconfig.

3. If the previous test works, try typing `wave -r 100s -a atr'. (All WAVE distributions come with record 100s.) One of the following should happen:
   •     If you see a summary of options, rather than the WAVE main window, read the message carefully; you may not have set the DISPLAY or DB environment variables, or the X server may not be running.
   • If you see a lengthy error message referring to missing fonts, see ``Where do I find the missing fonts?''.
   • If you see neither a summary of options nor the WAVE main window, the DISPLAY environment variable may be set incorrectly, the X server may be refusing permission to open a window, or your window manager may be waiting for you to specify the location or size of the window to be opened.
   • If you see only a message box reading `Record 100s is unavailable', your DB environment variable may be set incorrectly; in this case, find the directory (probably /usr/local/database) containing a file named `100s.hea' and append the name of that directory to the value of DB.
   •  If WAVE's signal window appears, but is solid white, your X server has a bug. Click on any of the navigation controls (e.g., , , , or ), or resize the window, to make the signals appear. If the signal window is solid (or nearly solid) blue or black, or has only horizontal lines across it, see ``I can't see the signals!''.

        

   • If the signals appear, but there are no annotations or time stamps in the signal window, your X server has a (different) bug. Restart WAVE, adding the `-S' option to the `wave' command. Also see ``I can't see text in the signal window!''.
   • If you see a correct display, your problem is specific to the record you were previously trying to view. Find the directory containing the header file for the desired record, and append the name of that directory to the value of DB. If the record is on a CD-ROM, or was copied from a CD-ROM, its header file is `record.hea' (where record is the record name); otherwise, its name is probably `header.record'.