installing iraf on a MAC

Guest wrote on May 09, 2006

Hi!

I m installing iraf on a MAC OSX 10.4.6. The installation went
smoothly, but, when I make a new directory called iraf in my home
directory and then type mkiraf, it says bash: mkiraf: command not
found. I wonder what i did wrong during the installation procedure?
also, i've downloaded the new version of install.sh and ran it. but
it didn't help... I really need to use iraf on my MAC, I hope you
can help me out here.

Thanks a lot!!

-Ann Mao

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Mike Fitzpatrick wrote on May 09, 2006

"Command not found" usually just means the local bin directory you installed the IRAF commands in isn't in your $PATH. If you can run the command explicitly, e.g. as "/usr/local/bin/mkiraf" then the installation is okay and you need to adjust your path to pick up the directory. If it doesn't work, then be sure when you ran the install script you did it without the '-n' (no-op) flag so the commands were actually installed.

Cheers,
-Mike

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