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Re: LINUX IDL Install Help [message #49423 is a reply to message #49422]

Fri, 21 July 2006 11:44

JD Smith
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Registered: December 1999

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On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:28:12 -0700, David Fanning wrote:

> Fï¿½LDY Lajos wrote:
>
>> if you mount the CDROM by clicking on an icon, this usually uses the
>> noexec flag for mount (so normal users get only restricted permission).
>> Try to mount manually (as root):
>>
>> mount -r -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt
>> cd /mnt
>> ./xinstall.sh or /bin/sh xinstall.sh
>
> Ok, gentlemen, making progress. Although as always with LINUX, the pace is
> slow, really, really slow. (Who uses this stuff anyway?! I'd be off having
> dinner if I was a Mac user, I'm sure of it.) :-)
>
> We can now run the script and the installation begins. We get to the stage
> where we are asked to select what we want installed. We just want the
> default,
> so all looks terrific and we hit the INSTALL button in front of us. We get
> this
> message:
>
> /usr/local/rsi/idl_6.1/bin/post_unpack was not found. There may be
> errors...
>
> The installation continues on a bit (unhelpfully, as it turns out) and
> even
> (eventually) reports that "IDL was successfully installed!". Ha! Alas,
> there
> is *nothing* installed in /usr/local/bin, which is where we were trying to
> install everything.
>
> I know UNIX users are suppose to know this stuff, but, well...I'm working
> with scientists here. The UNIX knowledge among the whole lot of us would
> hardly fill a thimble, I'm afraid. :-(

IDL goes in /usr/local/rsi/idl_XX, by default, and makes links (if
requested) in /usr/local/bin. You could probably just do (as root):

% ln -s /usr/local/rsi/idl/bin/idl /usr/local/bin/

and be up and running.

JD

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[Message index]

		Re: LINUX IDL Install Help By: cgguido on Mon, 24 July 2006 11:41
		Re: LINUX IDL Install Help By: swingnut on Sun, 23 July 2006 16:11
		Re: LINUX IDL Install Help By: JD Smith on Fri, 21 July 2006 11:46
		Re: LINUX IDL Install Help By: JD Smith on Fri, 21 July 2006 11:44
		Re: LINUX IDL Install Help By: David Fanning on Fri, 21 July 2006 10:28
		Re: LINUX IDL Install Help By: Benjamin Hornberger on Fri, 21 July 2006 09:32
		Re: LINUX IDL Install Help By: Foldy Lajos on Fri, 21 July 2006 09:31
		Re: LINUX IDL Install Help By: David Fanning on Fri, 21 July 2006 09:20
		Re: LINUX IDL Install Help By: Jean H. on Fri, 21 July 2006 09:01
		Re: LINUX IDL Install Help By: Jo Klein on Fri, 21 July 2006 08:53

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