# 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.

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If you use GNOME, install libgtksourceviewmmAUR and libgnomeprintAUR.

## 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/`. For example:

    # mkdir /usr/local/stata12

Once you have created the directory, change into it:

    $ 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 will 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 Stata 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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