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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 (eg, the version 6.4 image filename is IDL_64_win.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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| - | ===== 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 IDL_64_mac.iso) from our software downloads web page: https:// | ||
| - | * On Mac OS X, first insert your Mac OS CD or DVD and install "Apple X11" via the optional package installer program. | ||
| - | * Burn a copy of the downloaded IDL CD, insert it in your CD drive, and run the appropriate installer. | ||
| - | * Define the LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable, by modifying 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" | ||
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| - | ===== Running IDL from outside Tate Lab ===== | ||
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| - | The IDL license server is only directly accessible within Tate Lab. | ||
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| - | In order to use IDL on your Windows XP (and possibly Windows 2000) computer you have to do the following steps: | ||
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| - | * Download the free Windows ssh client Putty. Putty doesn' | ||
| - | * Click the Windows Start button, right-click "My computer", | ||
| - | * Click start, go to " | ||
| - | " | ||
| - | and enter your password once asked. Nothing will happen afterwards (minimize the putty window). | ||
| - | * Start IDL (note that the previous step has to be done every time before you start IDL). | ||
| - | * You can create a batch file that merges the above steps. Create a file called startidl.bat in the directory where idlde.exe is located (usually C:\Program Files\RSI\IDL63\bin\bin.x86). Open the batch file with a text editor and type | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | @echo off | ||
| - | start " | ||
| - | PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 10000 >NUL | ||
| - | idlde.exe | ||
| - | </ | ||
| - | where the PING just gives you 10000 milliseconds to enter your password before IDL is started. Create a shortcut to startidl.bat file on your desktop or wherever you like it. Use it to start IDL. | ||
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