IRAF for Windows

Vishal Pawade wrote on Nov 02, 2010

Hello,
I am trying to install IRAF on my Windows Vista PC. I cant get it on web, If you can, please let me know the best way to go about this installation process.
Thanks
vishal[/quote]

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Mike Fitzpatrick wrote on Nov 02, 2010

IRAF for Windows requires that you first install Cygwin (cygwin.com), and in addition to the core cygwin release you'll want to install the 'tcsh' shell and X11 system. IRAF itself can be gotten from the 'Downloads' link on the banner bar, you'll need the as.pcix.gen.gz source distribution as well as the ib.cygw.x86.gz and nb.cygw.x86.gz binaries. See the PCIX installation guide for details on how to install it all. The X11IRAF tools (xgterm and ximtool) are also available, you can get DS9 from ftp://sao-ftp.harvard.edu:/pub/rd/ds9

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Vishal Pawade wrote on Nov 02, 2010

i have installed cygwin. but at the time to Run the IRAF installation, encountered a problem shows [i]../bin/csh/ : bad interepreter: permissiin denied</em>
how i kno whether the tcsh shell and X11 are installed or not?

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Mike Fitzpatrick wrote on Nov 02, 2010

The 'bad interpreter' message definitely means you don't have a C-shell installed, the same is probably true for X11. In the Cygwin Setup panel there should be a category 'Shells', this is where you can select 'tcsh' for installation. I believe X11 is a category in itself, just install the runtime stuff.

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