Sun/IRAF V2.11 Installation Guide

IRAF Group
National Optical Astronomy Observatories¹
August 1997

Abstract

This document describes how to install IRAF V2.11 on a Sun workstation or server running either SunOS 4.1 or Solaris V2.4 (or later), or update an existing installation. Both standalone and networked, multiple architecture configurations are described. Only those issues which one must understand to install IRAF are discussed here; a companion document, Sun IRAF Site Manager's Guide, deals with other issues such as interfacing new devices, configuring the IRAF networking system, Sun/IRAF shared libraries, adding layered software, and so on.

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Installing Sun/IRAF
  • 2.1. Prepare the root IRAF directory
    • 2.1.1. If updating an existing IRAF installation
    • 2.1.2. If installing IRAF for the first time
  • 2.2. Install the files
    • 2.2.1. Installing from a network distribution
    • 2.2.2. Installing from tape
    • 2.2.3. Installing from CD-ROM
    • 2.2.4. Configuring the BIN directories
  • 2.3. Merge local revisions back into the new system
  • 2.4. Run the INSTALL Script
• 3. System Checkout
  • 3.1. Frequently Asked Questions
• Appendix A. A Complete Example

A PostScript version and a PDF version of this Installation Guide is available from the IRAF FTP archives.

¹NOAO is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation.