fitsutil install problems (needed for gemini)

mlystrup wrote on Feb 16, 2010

I'm a new IRAF user so please bear with me. Our IT and I are trying to get the Gemini IRAF tools
to run on Mac Intel architecture. The piece that seems to be giving us
problems is fitsutil. We can't get it to compile properly. (We
didn't have this problem with 'tables', also needed for gemini.) We
are both new at IRAF and we've gone through the installation
instructions, readmes, and searched some forums. Any
insight? Thanks!

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Mike Fitzpatrick wrote on Feb 16, 2010

Please post specifics: What does "can't get it to compile properly" mean? What are the error messages? Can you use the pre-compiled binaries?

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mlystrup wrote on Feb 16, 2010

Thanks. We were missing a macintel binary, but have now found that. So if I try to run gemini or fitsutil...

ecl> ?
apropos fitsutil. language. obsolete. softools. tables.
dataio. gemini. lists. plot. stsdas. utilities.
dbms. images. noao. proto. system.
ecl> gemini
ERROR: task `fitsutil' has no param file
called as: `cl ()'
ecl> fitsutil
ERROR: task `fitsutil' has no param file
ecl>

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Mike Fitzpatrick wrote on Feb 16, 2010

External packages also need to have the sources installed even if you use the pre-built binaries, this is where the parameter files, help etc all live.

A 'no param file' either means the sources weren't installed, or the path to the package defined in the hlib$extern.pkg file is wrong (e.g. missing a trailing '/' ???)

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mlystrup wrote on Feb 16, 2010

Thanks so much. A missing / was indeed the culprit. Much appreciated!

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