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# Stata

STATA is a general-purpose statistical software package for *nix, Windows and Mac. In the following you'll be presented with how to install STATA and the needed libraries.

## Needed libraries

You need to install a series of libraries to run Stata. Stata uses the GTK+ framework.

If you use GNOME, you'll need the following additional packages.

### GNOME

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You need the package libgtksourceviewmm2 which is found in the '[community]' repository.

After you have installed the package, you need to create a symlink from `libgtksourceview-2.0.so.0` to `libgtksourceview-1.0.so.0`. To do this run this command as root:

    ln -s /usr/lib/libgtksourceview-2.0.so.0 /usr/lib/libgtksourceview-1.0.so.0

You also need the package libgnomeprint which is available in the AUR.

## Installing Stata

After you have installed these packages, you need to insert your STATA DVD and mount it.

If you have been provided an ISO rather than a physical DVD you can mount it with the following command

    mount -o loop /path/to/file.iso /mnt

If you have been provided a DVD and it is not automatically mounted, you can use the following command to mount it to `/mnt`

    mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/cdrom /mnt

You then need to create a directory for Stata. Stata recommends putting it under `/usr/local/`

    Create a directory

     mkdir /usr/local/stata12

Once you've created the directory, change into the directory:

    cd /usr/local/stata12

And run the installer from the directory you mounted the CD into(/mnt in this guide):

    /mnt/installer

Follow the instructions and you'll end up with Stata installed.

After you have installed Stata, change the permissions on `/usr/local/stata12` so you can execute it as a normal user:

    chmod -R 755 /usr/local/stata12

## Tips and tricks

To add state to your path, add the following to the end of your path in your `bashrc`.

    bashrc

    PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/stata12/

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