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IDL
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.
Windows installation
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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:\License\mylicense.dat;1700@idl.spa.umn.edu
Save the settings.
(Note, the IDL license server is only available within Tate Lab).
Unix, Linux or Mac OS installation
Note - IDL is preinstalled on the departmentally-managed linux systems, so these instructions should be unnecessary.
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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.
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 “.cshrc”
For Korn shell: “. .profile”
For Bash shell: “. .bashrc”