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| Re: IDL 8.2 Installation Woes [message #81690 is a reply to message #81679] |
Sun, 07 October 2012 09:28  |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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David Fanning writes:
> OK, more problems. After installing updates and new software
> all day yesterday on my new hard drive, I finally got around
> to installing IDL 8.2. (IDL 7.1.2 runs great!) I installed
> IDL 8.2 from disk, then I installed the IDL 8.2.1 update from
> a file I downloaded. All seemed well.
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> Then I tried to run IDL 8.2.1, and I was informed I didn't
> have a JAVA Run-Time environment on my machine. (I did, but
> apparently IDL 8.2.1 couldn't find it for some reason.)
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> So, I made sure I had a 64-bit JAVA RTE installed, and
> tried IDL 8.2.1 again. Still no go. So, I decided I would
> delete the installation of IDL and try it again. I first
> deleted the IDL 8.2.1 update. No problem. Then I tried to
> delete the IDL 8.2 installation. I can't do it!!
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> Things *appear* to work, I get the right messages and I
> have a final screen that tells me it has worked, but the
> files aren't gone, and IDL 8.2 appears in my list of installed
> programs. I've tried to delete 5 times now with no luck. :-(
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> So, now IDL 8.2 doesn't run and I can't delete it.
OK, so reinstalling IDL 8.2.1 has apparently fixed the
problem. At least until IDL 8.3, when I have to uninstall
this version. :-(
Cheers,
David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thos speakest truth.")
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