= IRAF Setup on Ubuntu/Debian =

This page describes how to setup IRAF on a 32-bit Ubuntu/Debian machine.
Installation of X11IRAF, DS9, Tables, and STSDAS are also included. 

It will be easiest if you just copy-paste the instructions one by one.
Please be sure to read and implement the instructions in [[brackets]] as well.

(For 64-bit installation, use
 http://geco.phys.columbia.edu/~rubab/iraf/iraf-64-bit_step_by_step_installation )

Please send questions or comments to:
rubab@astro.columbia.edu

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sudo apt-get install tcsh

wget http://geco.phys.columbia.edu/~rubab/iraf/ldso_1.9.11-15_i386.deb

sudo dpkg -i ldso_1.9.11-15_i386.deb

wget http://geco.phys.columbia.edu/~rubab/iraf/libc5_5.4.46-15_i386.deb

sudo dpkg -i libc5_5.4.46-15_i386.deb

wget http://geco.phys.columbia.edu/~rubab/iraf/termcap-compat_1.2.3_i386.deb

sudo dpkg -i termcap-compat_1.2.3_i386.deb

[[Use System>Administration>Users and Groups to create an account with username "iraf",
real name "IRAF Maintenance", home directory "/iraf/iraf/local", shell "/bin/tcsh",
and a secure password. For sudo commands here on, use this password.]]

sudo chown -R iraf:iraf /iraf

su iraf

mkdir /iraf/irafbin

mkdir /iraf/irafbin/bin.linux

mkdir /iraf/irafbin/noao.bin.linux

mkdir /iraf/x11iraf

mkdir /iraf/extern

cd /iraf/iraf

wget http://iraf.net/ftp/iraf/V2.13-BETA/as.pcix.gen.gz

tar -zxf as.pcix.gen.gz

rm as.pcix.gen.gz

cd /iraf/iraf/unix/bin.redhat/

mv * ../bin.linux/

cd /iraf/irafbin/bin.linux

wget http://iraf.net/ftp/iraf/V2.13-BETA/ib.rhux.x86.gz

tar -zxpf ib.rhux.x86.gz

rm ib.rhux.x86.gz

cd /iraf/irafbin/noao.bin.linux

wget http://iraf.net/ftp/iraf/V2.13-BETA/nb.rhux.x86.gz

tar -zxpf nb.rhux.x86.gz

rm nb.rhux.x86.gz

setenv iraf /iraf/iraf/

cd $iraf/unix/hlib

source irafuser.csh

[[Choose default paths as will be shown in on-screen prompt parentheses.
Type "y" only where "yes" returns "huh?".]]

sudo ./install

sudo apt-get install libncurses4

cd /iraf/x11iraf/

wget http://iraf.noao.edu/iraf/ftp/iraf/x11iraf/x11iraf-v1.3.1-bin.redhat.tar.gz

tar -zxf x11iraf-v1.3.1-bin.redhat.tar.gz

mv lib.redhat lib.linux

mv bin.redhat bin.linux

sudo ./install

rm x11iraf-v1.3.1-bin.redhat.tar.gz

wget http://hea-www.harvard.edu/saord/download/ds9/linux/ds9.linux.5.1.tar.gz

tar -zxf ds9.linux.5.1.tar.gz

rm ds9.linux.5.1.tar.gz

sudo mv ds9 /usr/local/bin/

cd /iraf/extern/

mkdir tables stsdas

cd /iraf/extern/tables/

wget ftp://ftp.stsci.edu/pub/software/stsdas/tables_v3.7/source/tables37.tar.gz

tar -zxf tables37.tar.gz

rm tables37.tar.gz

cd bin.linux/

wget ftp://ftp.stsci.edu/pub/software/stsdas/tables_v3.7/binaries/tables37.bin.redhat.tar.gz

tar -zxf tables37.bin.redhat.tar.gz

rm tables37.bin.redhat.tar.gz

cd /iraf/extern/stsdas

wget ftp://ftp.stsci.edu/pub/software/stsdas/stsdas_v3.7/source/stsdas37.tar.gz

tar -zxf stsdas37.tar.gz

rm stsdas37.tar.gz

cd bin.linux

wget ftp://ftp.stsci.edu/pub/software/stsdas/stsdas_v3.7/binaries/stsdas37.bin.redhat.tar.gz

tar -zxf stsdas37.bin.redhat.tar.gz

rm stsdas37.bin.redhat.tar.gz

cd /iraf/extern/stsdas

python python/compileall.py ./python

python python/compileall.py ./python/*

exit

cd

wget http://geco.phys.columbia.edu/~rubab/iraf/iraf

sudo chmod u=rwx iraf

mkdir ~/IRAF

cd ~/IRAF

mkiraf

[[Select "xgterm" as your IRAF shell when prompted.]]

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The command ./iraf will now launch a complete IRAF session containing DS9,
xgterm and ecl, based in ~/IRAF. Alternately, type "ecl" for enhanced IRAF, "cl"
for regular IRAF, and "ds9" for standalone DS9 launch. Please note that "tables"
and "stsdas" can only be used within IRAF.

Repeat the last 5 steps for each user as needed.

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