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Re: LINUX IDL Install Help [message #49426 is a reply to message #49423]

Fri, 21 July 2006 10:28

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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FÖLDY 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. :-(

Awaiting your, as ever, helpful replies...

Cheers,

David

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		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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