Installing IRAF on Windows Vista
Guest wrote on Jan 28, 2009
Hello,
 I am trying to install IRAF on my Windows Vista PC. I have already installed DS9, but I was looking at the FAQs for IRAF and I can't seem to find if there is a way to successfully install it on my computer. If you can, please let me know the best way to go about this installation process.Â
Thank you very much,
Rachel
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 I am trying to install IRAF on my Windows Vista PC. I have already installed DS9, but I was looking at the FAQs for IRAF and I can't seem to find if there is a way to successfully install it on my computer. If you can, please let me know the best way to go about this installation process.Â
Thank you very much,
Rachel
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James Turner wrote on Jan 28, 2009
I believe you need to install Cygwin and then the Cygwin version of IRAF. I don't know whether Cygwin has problems under Vista though; their FAQ still seems to say "Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003". If that doesn't work, I suspect you're out of luck unless you can install Linux in a virtual machine or dual boot.
Cheers,
James.
Cheers,
James.
babbloo wrote on Jan 28, 2009
I use cygwin in vista ..
And it's absolutely fine .. no problem about that ..
And it's absolutely fine .. no problem about that ..
Andrew Farrow wrote on Jan 28, 2009
This HowTo link got my systems to run it fine, on XP and Vista:
http://www.iac.es/sieinvens/siepedia/pmwiki.php?n=HOWTOs.IrafCygwin
I'm currently editing a few scripts to make the install of iraf much easier, based off of the above document.
http://www.iac.es/sieinvens/siepedia/pmwiki.php?n=HOWTOs.IrafCygwin
I'm currently editing a few scripts to make the install of iraf much easier, based off of the above document.
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