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Re: MAC running IDL 7.0 from the command line [message #67927 is a reply to message #67919]

Fri, 04 September 2009 22:45

cgguido
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On Sep 4, 9:38 pm, nata <bernat.puigdomen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I installed the IDL 7.0 on my new mac book pro with Snow Leopard. The
> installation was completed successfully and I can run IDL and IDLDE. I
> didn't try it so much but apparently it works good.
>
> My problem is that I want to run the IDL from the terminal and I don't
> know why I can't.
> I just want to run IDL typing "idl" in the command line. The same for
> the IDLDE.
>
> Does anybody have a suggestion of how to do this ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> nata

Probably the IDL install directory is not in your path. At the
terminal type the following:

echo "export PATH=/Applications/itt/idl/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc

and also type

echo "source ~/.bashrc" >> ~/.bash_profile

The above assumes that you installed IDL in /Applications/itt.

G

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		Re: MAC running IDL 7.0 from the command line By: natha on Sat, 05 September 2009 10:47
		Re: MAC running IDL 7.0 from the command line By: cgguido on Fri, 04 September 2009 22:45
		Re: MAC running IDL 7.0 from the command line By: Tony Abbey on Tue, 27 October 2009 15:55

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