1. setup
   1.1 install the latest version of ACE (Adpative Communication Environment)
       The Channel lib is built on top of ACE for platform abstractions

   1.2 download the Channel lib (.tar.gz file) and unpack it 
	under $CHANNEL_ROOT

   1.3 set up env
      	add the following to .bashrc:

#for Channel lib
export CHANNEL_ROOT=
export CHAN_ROOT=$CHANNEL_ROOT/channel
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:$CHAN_ROOT/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export PATH=$CHAN_ROOT/bin:$PATH
#for CVM
export CVM_ROOT=$CHANNEL_ROOT/cvm
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:$CVM_ROOT/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export PATH=$CVM_ROOT/bin:$PATH

2. build:
	cd $CHANNEL_ROOT
	mwc.pl
	make

3. run samples
      - in console 1:
	cd $CVM_ROOT/examples/cvm_instance/conf
	cvm -f ping.conf
      - in console 2:
	cd $CVM_ROOT/examples/cvm_instance/conf
	cvm -f pong.conf