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I have installed IRAF V2.15.1a the single file Linux 32–bit distribution into Ubuntu 10.10 32-bit running inside the latest version of VMware Player onto my Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit operating system. Linux and IRAF installed fine. The IRAF install scripts reported no errors , and all is running correctly. I’ve been away from using Linux and IRAF for a while, so I am not too clear on the various nuances over Linux architectures and how the IRAF binaries would apply to them.I am trying to install the 24-Bit XImtool using the x11iraf-v2.0BETA-bin.redhat.tar.gz binary distribution. When I run the install script has described in the documentation install reports the errors that there are no bin.linux or lib.linux folders. This is true. The folders are called bin.redhat and lib.redhat. Other than changing the names of bin.redhat and lib.redhat to bin.linux and lib.linux so the script could see them, (1) is there an option I could provide the install script to identify the architecture so that install can see bin.redhat and lib.redhat, (2) would using x11iraf-v2.0BETA-bin.redhat.tar.gz inside Ubuntu 10.10 32-bit run XImtool or (3) should I compile the source to have XImtool run under Ubuntu?

[quote:3d90344bcd]Other than changing the names of bin.redhat and lib.redhat to bin.linux and lib.linux so the script could see them, (1) is there an option I could provide the install script to identify the architecture so that install can see bin.redhat and lib.redhat,[/quote:3d90344bcd]The X11IRAF install script is pretty simple and relies on the existence of a /etc/redhat-release file to determine whether 'redhat' or 'linux' is the proper architecture. Simple rename the directories and run the script again.
[quote:3d90344bcd] (2) would using x11iraf-v2.0BETA-bin.redhat.tar.gz inside Ubuntu 10.10 32-bit run XImtool or [/quote:3d90344bcd]The binaries should run but I'll admit I haven't specifically tested that platform. If you have problems, run 'ldd' on the binary to see if there are missing shared libraries, fixing it may just be a matter of installing the libs.
[quote:3d90344bcd](3) should I compile the source to have XImtool run under Ubuntu?[/quote:3d90344bcd]Compiling from source may be a problem depending on what version of GCC comes with your system, whether you got the X11 development code installed etc. If you have problems post back and we might have other suggestions.

[quote:ecabfef25b]The X11IRAF install script is pretty simple and relies on the existence of a /etc/redhat-release file to determine whether 'redhat' or 'linux' is the proper architecture. Simple rename the directories and run the script again. [/quote:ecabfef25b]I renamed bin.redhat and lib.redhat to bin.linux and lib.linus and ran the scripts. The install ran fine.[quote:ecabfef25b]The binaries should run but I'll admit I haven't specifically tested that platform. If you have problems, run 'ldd' on the binary to see if there are missing shared libraries, fixing it may just be a matter of installing the libs.[/quote:ecabfef25b]The binaries ran fine in Ubuntu. IRAF is up and running okay, I also installed many of the packages, e.g., tables, etc.