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| - | ====== IDL ====== | ||
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| - | IDL software is licensed and paid for by specific research groups within the department. If you are not a member of these groups, then please do not try installing this software. | ||
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| - | ===== Windows installation ===== | ||
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| - | * Download the IDL CD image (the version 6.4 image filename is idl64win.iso) from our software downloads web page: https:// | ||
| - | * Burn a copy of the CD, and run the appropriate Windows installer (usually this will be setup32.exe) | ||
| - | * Next you need to define an environment variable to tell IDL the location of our license server. | ||
| - | * Open the System control panel. | ||
| - | * Click the Advanced tab, and click the Environment Variables button. Click the New button below the System Variables box and enter the following information: | ||
| - | * In the Variable Name field, type LM_LICENSE_FILE in uppercase letters. | ||
| - | * In the Variable Value field, enter 1700@idl.spa.umn.edu | ||
| - | * If LM_LICENSE_FILE has already been defined for another software product, the definition of this license file can be appended using a semi-colon (;) as the delimiter. For example: %%C: | ||
| - | * Save the settings. | ||
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| - | (Note, the IDL license server is only available within Tate Lab). | ||
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| - | ===== Unix, Linux or Mac OS installation ===== | ||
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| - | Note - IDL is preinstalled on the departmentally-managed linux systems, so these instructions should be unnecessary. | ||
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| - | * Download the IDL CD image (eg, the version 6.4 image filename for MacOS is idl64mac.iso) from our software downloads web page: https:// | ||
| - | * Define the LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable; modify your .cshrc, .profile, or .bashrc file using any text editor. You must define the UNIX environment variable for LM_LICENSE_FILE to point to the server and port of the machine running the license manager. | ||
| - | * For C shell: " | ||
| - | * For Korn or Bash shell: " | ||
| - | * Log out and log back in to execute the .cshrc, .profile, or .bashrc file, or execute the file from the home directory using one of the following commands. | ||
| - | * For C shell: source " | ||
| - | * For Korn shell: ". .profile" | ||
| - | * For Bash shell: ". .bashrc" | ||