Environment
Lets try to make our environment as sane as possible, while setting up all the locations we will need.
bash --noprofile
export PACKAGES_DIR=/some/path/with/write/access
export STACK_SRC=`mktemp -d /tmp/moose_stack_src.XXXXXX`
umask 022
mkdir -p $PACKAGES_DIR
What ever terminal you were in, while you performed the above commands, you MUST remain in that terminal, for the remainder of the instructions. If this terminal is closed, it will be necessary to START OVER.