Problems intalling IRAF in MAC

alopez wrote on Nov 02, 2010

Hi everyone!

I'm trying to install IRAF in a MAC, but I had some problems with OBJS.arc.Z, which is in ib.macx.x86.gz that i downloaded from IRAF webpage(it say that is broken or something similar). When I maje sudo ./install -n I get this error:

Checking Core system binary directory ... [ FAIL ]

*** The core system binary directory, /iraf/irafbin/bin.macintel, does
*** not appear to contain the proper binaries. The IB distribution
*** files should be unpacked in this directory.

Can anyone help me, please???

Thanks!

Alicia

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alopez wrote on Nov 02, 2010

I mean, when I untar the binaries files:
/iraf/irafbin/bin.macintel] iraf% cat ../../ib.macx.x86.gz | zcat | tar -xpf -

I get this error:
zcat: stdin: unexpected end of file
./OBJS.arc.Z: Truncated tar archive
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.

Is it because the file is broken? Or why?

Thanks,

Alicia

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Mike Fitzpatrick wrote on Nov 02, 2010

This could indicate that the file was corrupted during download and that you should try retrieving it again. The tar '-p' flag can sometimes cause problems since it tries to preserve file permissions and modes and isn't strictly necessary. Anyway, try dowloading the file again.

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