Well, I don’t have an Intel-based Mac but I think I have successfully created a .pkg installer for IRAF 2.13 BETA 2. The install process is the same, create the IRAF User, run the installer, then run the install script … and I just realized I forgot to put the .pkg installer in a folder with a README, but oh well. Someone with an Intel Mac and some bravery, give it a shot. It’s available at the download page.
Update A commenter says it seemed to work! Any other reviews, please post in comments.
Another Update It would appear the name of the .pkg is wrong, it says 2.12 BETA 2 but it’s 2.13, I assure you.
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So, maybe this is written somewhere, but it seems like the installation of IDL 6.3 on a Mac isn’t obvious. There’s a nice graphical installer, and the little .app wrappers, but I don’t find those useful. After you have installed things in /Applications/rsi, and you want to run IDL from the command line, there are some important files in /Applications/rsi/idl_6.3/bin that must be used.
Specifically, you want to run /Applications/rsi/idl_6.3/bin/install which will set up symbolic links to idl in /usr/local/bin. Although, on a fresh install of Tiger you won’t have a /usr/local/ or a /usr/local/bin/ and I think the installer chokes. You’ll have to create them if they don’t exist like so:
% sudo mkdir /usr/local
% sudo mkdir /usr/local/bin
Furthermore, you’ll need to have /usr/local/bin/ in your PATH.
Alternatively, you can you put the following line in your .cshrc file
source /Applications/rsi/idl_6.3/bin/idl_setup
Or if you use bash (which is the default shell in OS X) you can put this line in your .profile file in your home directory.
. /Applications/rsi/idl_6.3/bin/idl_setup.bash
Hope this is helpful to various IDL users.
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Welcome to the New Site! The layout and the old pages of the site are ready to go. But, the installers haven’t been refreshed, nor have any file locations changed just yet. I think everything should work at least as well as it used to, but I’m working on it.
Some of the bigger installers are just a pain to package up, but I’ll manage somehow. If anyone would like to volunteer to make .pkg installers, let me know! Somewhat outdated instructions are available online. It’s actually easier now because the new PackageMaker lets you choose the License and Readme RTF flies rather than having to specify a Resources folder.
Comments on all posts are enabled and I should have enough anti-spamming options that anyone can post, not just .edu people as before. Enjoy the new Site! Send comments to the email address on the left.
Also, check out the live search feature on the left. It’s sweet.
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Welcome to the new incarnation of the old Mac IRAF web site. I will work on getting content moved here from the old Rice-hosted site over the weekend. Though I have this pesky dissertation defense that may be coming up soon…
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