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V2.15 patch1 Linux 64 bit install fails due to no mkiraf.csh

mcba wrote on Mar 05, 2011

I'm doing a fresh install of IRAF V2.15 patch 1 on a Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit system.

So... I grabbed this file,

patch1.lnux.x86_64.gz

but the install fails, with the following messages:

Editing iraf/imdir paths into system files ... [ FAIL ]
*** File mkiraf.csh not found.
*** File libc/iraf.h not found.

Creating <iraf.h> symlink ... [ FAIL ]
Creating iraf command links in local bin dir ... [ FAIL ]
*** Could not make link ecl -> /iraf/iraf/unix/ecl.e
*** Could not make link mkiraf -> /iraf/iraf/unix/mkiraf.csh
*** Could not make link mkmlist -> /iraf/iraf/unix/mkmlist.csh
Creating /usr/local/lib/imtoolrc link ... [ FAIL ]
Checking if termcap file contains an XGterm entry ... grep: /iraf/iraf/dev/termcap: No such file or directory
[ FAIL ]
Checking graphcap file for XGterm/imtool entries ... grep: /iraf/iraf/dev/graphcap: No such file or directory
[ FAIL ]
grep: /iraf/iraf/dev/graphcap: No such file or directory

Mike Fitzpatrick wrote on Mar 05, 2011

I'm doing a fresh install of IRAF V2.15 patch 1 on a Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit system.

So... I grabbed this file,

patch1.lnux.x86_64.gz .....


The patch1 file patches an existing installation, for a fresh install you need to get the iraf.lnux.x86_64.gz file which makes up a complete distribution.

mcba wrote on Mar 05, 2011

Ops! Thanks for pointing this out! And for responding so quickly!

I had gone to the ftp site and looked at the timestamps on the files in the PCIX directory, and had assumed that the iraf.linux.x86_64.gz file, with a timestamp from 2010, was V2.15 without the patch. Not realizing that is was a symbolic link...

Can I make a plea for new standard filenames? e.g.,

iraf-v215a-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2

Note: the version and patch is in the name; no extra dots; it says that it is a tar archive; and it uses bz2 compression which is considerably better than gz.

Last post on Mar 05, 2011