Solaris/IRAF Installation Guide

1. Introduction

Before installing Solaris/IRAF, one must 1) obtain an appropriate Solaris/IRAF distribution, e.g., from the IRAF network archive on iraf.noao.edu (or by ordering a tape 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. V2.10 Solaris/IRAF supports Solaris versions 2.3 through 2.4 (the current release as of May 1995), and SunPRO Compiler versions 2.0.1 and 3.0.

The amount of disk space required to install IRAF depends upon the system configuration, primarily the number of layered packages installed on top of the core system. The main system, including both the core system and NOAO package sources, requires about 71 Mb, less if stripped after installation. The core system binaries require about 24 Mb and the NOAO package binaries requires about 18 Mb.