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Linux/IRAF V2.10.4 released
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Sun Sep 10 16:48:12 1995
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 1995 16:02:44 +0300
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
To: linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
Linux/IRAF V2.10.4 released
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From: tody@noao.edu (Doug Tody)
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Subject: Linux/IRAF V2.10.4 released
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Date: Thu, 7 Sep 95 12:48:56 MST
Originator: adass-iraf-announce@iraf.noao.edu
Subject: Linux/IRAF V2.10.4 released
The IRAF V2.10.4 release for Linux is now out. This can be picked up in
the distribution directory
ftp://iraf.noao.edu/iraf/v210/LNUX/
or you can order a tape or CDROM copy of the distribution from us.
Directory iraf/v210/LNUX:
16624 Sep 7 09:58 README
1024 Sep 6 09:10 as.lnux.gen 13.8 Mb
1024 Sep 5 15:24 ib.lnux.x86 9.3 Mb
512 Sep 5 15:26 ib.lnux.z86 7.3 Mb
14503 Sep 6 21:24 linuxiraf.ms.Z
34008 Sep 6 21:26 linuxiraf.ps.Z
31230 Sep 6 22:27 linuxsmg.ms.Z
69887 Sep 6 22:32 linuxsmg.ps.Z
1024 Sep 5 15:28 nb.lnux.x86 11.2 Mb
512 Sep 5 15:30 nb.lnux.z86 7.6 Mb
512 Sep 6 09:14 ss.lnux.gen 5.4 Mb
1179 Sep 6 21:40 zzmake
Be sure to read the README file in the distribution directory to determine
what to download, and for up to date information about the Linux/IRAF release.
See the URL
http://iraf.noao.edu/pciraf.html
for more information on Linux/IRAF and the PC-IRAF project.
Following are some excerpts from the Linux/IRAF README.
1. INTRODUCTION
Linux/IRAF V2.10.4 is a port of the June 1995 IRAF V2.10.4 release to
Linux. We used the June 1995 Slackware 2.3 release and a 1.2.11 kernel to
build the IRAF distribution. The Linux/IRAF distribution should run on any
PC that Linux runs on, but for the record our primary development system is
a Gateway P5-90 PCI system with all SCSI disks and tapes (using the Adaptec
2940 SCSI controller), 32 Mb RAM, Mitsumi ATAPI IDE CDROM, ATI Mach64
graphics, and a 17" (which really measures 16") Vivitron (Sony) monitor.
This Linux/IRAF release is part of the PC-IRAF project. Our plans are to
initially port IRAF to Linux, BSD, and Solaris x86. This is in part an
experiment to learn how the different versions of UNIX available for the PC
compare. There is no comittment to continued support for any particular
version of UNIX for the PC, we will support whatever is the most popular.
The PC software situation is constantly changing and rapidly evolving.
The Linux/IRAF release should install and run on any recent Linux system.
Linux is evolving rapidly however, and there are a number of different Linux
distributions out there - Slackware, Yggdrasil, Red Hat, WGS, and others.
These are all basically the same thing and they all share the same Linux
kernel but they differ in many details regarding what non-Kernel software is
included and how it is configured. Linux is really only the Linux kernel, the
rest of the software in a typical Linux distribution is a collection of other
freely available software such as the GNU, FSF, Xfree86, etc., added by the
people that built the distribution you are using. Linux is the software
equivalent of the very modular, open PC hardware environment.
There is no one stable Linux system like there is for the more controlled
environment found on UNIX workstations. Our expectation is that the
statically linked Linux/IRAF distribution will *run* on any recent Linux
system, however problems are possible when trying to compile and link IRAF
programs due to the potential for library conflicts arising from differences
in the library software or GNU compilers found in the various Linux
distributions. If you encounter problems please let us know. Not all
Linux systems are the same!
Linux/IRAF V2.10.4 is the exact same version of IRAF as in any other IRAF
V2.10.4 distribution, e.g. for the Sun or the DEC/Alpha.
This README assumes that the reader is already familiar with IRAF and has
probably already done other IRAF installations. Although the basic
installation procedure is summarized here, we emphasize mainly what is
different about Linux/IRAF and other IRAF versions.
2. THE LINUX/IRAF DISTRIBUTION
The Linux/IRAF distribution files available are as follows. Note that these
large files appear in the archive as directories, e.g. "as.lnux.gen" is a
directory containing the distribution file "as.lnux.gen.gz" split into a
number of 0.5 Mb segments which can be concatenated to regenerate the
original 13.8 Mb file. For the Linux/IRAF distribution all distribution
files are compressed using Gnu-ZIP (gzip).
Split File Size Kb Description
as.lnux.gen 13835 All sources - everything except the binaries
ss.lnux.gen 5355 Stripped sources - same as AS but pre-stripped
ib.lnux.x86 9276 IRAF (core system) binaries
nb.lnux.x86 11236 NOAO package binaries
ib.lnux.z86 7395 Same as IB but executables are compressed
nb.lnux.z86 7563 Same as NB but executables are compressed
The file size in Kb shown in this table refers to the compressed tar
distribution file, not to the system after the distribution file is installed.
See "Disk Requirements" below for more information on disk usage.
The Linux/IRAF distribution is available via anonymous FTP from iraf.noao.edu
in the directory /iraf/v210/LNUX (ftp://iraf.noao.edu/iraf/v210/LNUX/).
Mailed tape and CDROM distributions are also available at cost from NOAO,
send mail to iraf@noao.edu for further information.
4.5 DISK REQUIREMENTS
The following summarizes the disk requirements in megabytes for the major
components of IRAF after installation (uncompress and untar).
Component Size (Mb) Comment
--------- ---------- ------------
AS 50.3 All sources
SS 14.0 Stripped sources
IB 20.3 normal CORE iraf binaries
NB 21.9 normal NOAO package binaries
IB-Z 10.7 compressed CORE binaries
NB-Z 7.6 compressed NOAO binaries
For example, the minimal possible install is SS + IB-Z + NB-Z which would
require 32.3 Mb. A normal non-stripped install including sources is 92.5 Mb.
A normal stripped install is 56.2 Mb. The maximal install is AS + all four
binaries which would require 110.8 Mb. Mix and match as you choose.
--
Doug Tody National Optical Astronomy Observatories IRAF project
tody@noao.edu P.O. Box 26732, Tucson, Arizona, 85726 iraf@noao.edu
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