IBM AIX IRAF Installation Guide

1. Introduction

Before installing AIX/IRAF on an IBM system, one must 1) obtain an appropriate AIX/IRAF distribution, e.g., from the IRAF network archive on iraf.noao.edu (or one of it's mirror sites, or by ordering a mailed (tape or CD-ROM) distribution from NOAO), 2) select the server or node on which the system is to be installed and arrange for sufficient disk space to hold the system, and 3) set aside sufficient time to do the installation. If these directions are followed carefully and mistakes are avoided the basic installation should only take a half hour or so. Additional time may be required to customize the system, to configure the local tape drives and other devices, set up IRAF networking, and so on.

This Installation Guide is intended for sites installing IRAF on a RS/6000 running IBM AIX V4.1 or later. Other popular UNIX systems for which IRAF is available, e.g. Digital Unix, HPUX, IRIX, SunOS, Solaris, etc. have their own system specific IRAF installation guides. The AIX/IRAF distribution described here is known as AIX4 in the IRAF archives.