VMS/IRAF Installation and Site Manager's Guide

2. Installing VMS/IRAF

The steps required to install VMS/IRAF are summarized below. This summary is provided only to introduce the installation procedure: it is important to read the detailed installation instructions for additional information, to avoid certain errors or omissions which are otherwise likely (IRAF does not always follow VMS conventions!).

# Prepare the root IRAF directory.
if new installation
    create iraf account
else if updating an old installation
    save locally modified files; delete old system

# Read in the distribution files.
login as iraf
unpack the distribution files from a network distribution or tape

# Modify IRAF system and device configuration files.
edit site dependent files in hlib, hlib/libc and dev directories
if updating an old installation
    merge locally modified files back into new system

# Complete the Initial Installation as SYSTEM.
add global symbol "iraf" to SYLOGIN.COM
copy edited hlib$libc/iraf.h file to SYS$LIBRARY
install in system memory IRAF shared library and other executables

# Checkout the new system.
run test procedure from iraf account

If problems should arise during the installation, help is available from the IRAF Hotline (520-318-8160), or by sending email to iraf@noao.edu.