patch1.tar.gz and scisoft

Guest · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 3:26 am Post subject: patch1.tar.gz and scisoft

Hello,

I installed IRAF v2.14 from the Scisoft collection. I want to apply the v2.14.1 patch. Do I have to uninstall/reinstall IRAF? I am not a Linux expert, just a user. Please give me some suggestions.

Thanks.

Siti Embarassed

fitz · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 1:48 pm Post subject:

The patch file updates the sources only (i.e. new parameter files, help pages, etc) and should be unpacked in the $iraf root directory. To complete the upgrade you will also need to re-install the IB (core iraf) and NB (NOAO package) binary distributions in the $iraf/bin.<arch> and $iraf/noao/bin.<arch> directories respectively. In your case, '$iraf' will be the directory in the scisoft distribution tree, on most systems this may also be found as /iraf/iraf. The patch and distribution files are compressed tar files you can unpack with the command, e.g.

Guest · Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 2:00 pm Post subject:

Hi Mike,

I appreciate your reply. Out of curiosity, I did the
Code: tar zxvf patch1.tar.gz
somewhere in my home directory. Can you explain to me, apart from unpacking the tar.gz file, what this command does?

Are the directories below correct?
/scisoft/share/iraf/iraf � $iraf root directory
/scisoft/share/iraf/iraf/bin.redhat � $iraf/bin.<arch>
/scisoft/share/iraf/iraf/noao/bin.redhat � $iraf/noao/bin.<arch>

Therefore, am I supposed to �tar zxvf patch1.tar.gz� in /scisoft/share/iraf/iraf directory?
Can you explain in more detail how to �re-install the IB (core iraf) and NB (NOAO package)� in the last two directories? By the way I am using Fedora core 6 because Scisoft is built on it. Thank you for further assistance.

Siti Smile

fitz · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:46 am Post subject:

Guest · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 2:51 pm Post subject:

Hi Mike,

Thanks for giving me some ideas on what to do. I refer to PC-IRAF V2.12 Installation Guide, 2002. After doing tar zxvf <file> in the three directories you mentioned, do I have to do all the stuff below?

% cd $iraf/unix/hlib # run the INSTALL script
% source irafuser.csh
% ./install -n
% su
# ./install
# exit
%
% cd
% source .login # read new .login
% rehash # pick up new iraf commands
% cl

I didn't go through all these. My default shell is bash. Thanks.

Siti Smile

fitz · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:44 pm Post subject:

If the system was already installed, then you don't have to do any of the things you list. This is simply an update of the files.

-Mike

Guest · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 3:22 am Post subject:

Mike, thanks for helping a non-IT specialist/would be astronomer. To all the IRAF staff, please keep this forum alive.

Siti Cool