XGTerm installation on OS X

frduf · Joined: 16 Oct 2008 Posts: 2

I am currently trying to install the x11iraf package on my PPC mac, running OS X 10.5.5. The installation runs smoothly, with no error, but, when i call "xgterm" in the terminal, i get the following result:

fitz · Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:51 pm Post subject:

The error may just mean you're using a really old version of the binaries that were compiled for a pre-10.4 system. Try using the binaries in http://iraf.net/ftp/iraf/x11iraf/x11iraf-v1.5DEV-bin.macosx.tar.gz and post back if you still have problems.

Cheers,
-Mike

frduf · Joined: 16 Oct 2008 Posts: 2

Thank you, this did make it work properly.

I can't fathom why the only version i found on http://iraf.noao.edu/iraf/ftp/iraf/x11iraf/ is 1.3.1 while you have 1.5. Perhaps i got lost where i wasn't supposed to be, in a dark corner of the ftp archives.

Francois

fitz · Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 1:04 am Post subject:

FWIW, the 1.5 version was developed/released during the 'Dark Time' when NOAO dropped support of IRAF and is a product of this site. It's just never made it back to the iraf.noao.edu archives.

-Mike