Subject: IRAF for Linux ??

From: linas at hparc0.aus.hp.com (Linas Petras)
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 1995 13:18:20 GMT

I hear that their is a version of IRAF available for PC's running the Linux
unix clone. Can anyone provide further details ? Where can I get a copy :-)

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From: beaucham at phy.ulaval.ca (Dominique Beauchamp)
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 1995 14:18:27 GMT

> unix clone. Can anyone provide further details ? Where can I get a copy :-)

We are a couple of guys here runing Linux on our PC and we are looking for IRAF
too. I would be interested to know where to get it too.

Dominique Beauchamp,
for the "Linux gang"
Labo. d'astrophysique
dep. de physique,
U. Laval,
Quebec

beaucham at phy.ulaval.ca

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From: tody at noao.edu (Doug Tody NOAO/IRAF)
Date: 13 Mar 1995 22:51:41 GMT

In article <...> beaucham at phy.ulaval.ca (Dominique Beauchamp) writes:
> In article ... linas at hparc0.aus.hp.com (Linas Petras) writes:
> We are a couple of guys here runing Linux on our PC and we are looking for
> IRAF too. I would be interested to know where to get it too.
> 
> Dominique Beauchamp,
> for the "Linux gang"
> Labo. d'astrophysique
> dep. de physique,
> U. Laval,
> Quebec
> 

Folks, we are working on a Linux version of IRAF here now (also versions for
BSD and Solaris x86).  A distribution should be available before long, i.e.
in a matter of weeks.  Test versions of xgterm/ximtool for Linux are
available now if that helps.          - Doug Tody
-- 
Doug Tody, National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson AZ  602 325-9217
Internet: tody at noao.edu   SPAN: NOAO::TODY (NOAO=5355)     FAX: 602 325-9360

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From: prep at yarrow.wt.com.au (Paul Repacholi)
Date: 14 Mar 1995 19:35:25 GMT

> available now if that helps.          - Doug Tody

What are you doing for a fortran compiler? f2c, or g77?

With linux and bsd now available for the dec alpha, this will
be a very hot item I think.

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From: tody at noao.edu (Doug Tody NOAO/IRAF)
Date: 15 Mar 1995 23:13:43 GMT

> What are you doing for a fortran compiler? f2c, or g77?

We use f2c/gcc for all platforms like Linux where a Fortran compiler is
either unavailable or prohibitively expensive.  This has worked very well
for us.  I haven't looked at g77 yet, although I doubt if it would be a
better alternative than a gcc-based approach, at least in our case.
 
> be a very hot item I think.

Not sure what you mean by the Alpha in this context, but yes I do think that
the PC platform will be a very popular one for IRAF.  Our most popular and
most asked about new platforms currently are the Alpha (running OSF/1) and
the PC, usually running Linux.

This discussion doesn't have anything to do with FITS.  It might be more
appropriate to move it to one of the adass.iraf newsgroups (e.g.
adass.iraf.system), or if it is Linux specific to a mail exploder.
sci.astro.fits is gatewayed to a mail exploder and we shouldn't be posting
unrelated messages to this newsgroup.  The adass newsgroups on the other
hand, aren't getting very much traffic and postings there would be welcome.

	- Doug