HOWTO: iraf, x11iraf and ds9 in ubuntu 32 bits

[RaQua]

Many many many thanks to favilac!

IRAF installed in a couple of minutes (maybe less...!)

[Cosmos42]

Okay, 'wget http://hea-www.harvard.edu/saord/dow...nux.5.6.tar.gz' returns an error 404 message. After some searching, ds9 is now v 6.0, so just replace the '5.6' with '6.0' and it works.

[dmaitra]

It looks like the latest release of Ubuntu (10.04, Lucid Lynx) does not contain gfortran-4.2 anymore , so favilac's install scripts fail. Does anyone have any tweaks that might work?

Thanks,
Dipankar

[rene8]

It looks like the latest release of Ubuntu (10.04, Lucid Lynx) does not contain gfortran-4.2 anymore , so favilac's install scripts fail. Does anyone have any tweaks that might work?

Thanks,
Dipankar

Try installing gfortran before running the script;

sudo apt-get install gfortran

Cheers!

[dmaitra]

Actually I already have gfortran installed. However the default (that gets installed via sudo aptitude install gfortran) is now gfortran-4.4. The iraf install script is specifically looking for v4.2, and there is no gfortran-4.2 anymore for Ubuntu 10.04.

[Isaac12]

Hi all together!
I just updated to Ubuntu 10.04. To get iraf working I copied all files from the .iso to a folder where I can write an edited the install-ubuntu.sh. There I exchanged 4.2 by 4.4. for the gfortran package. ECL seems to work fine.
Now there are some problems with pyraf:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/pyraf", line 62, in <module>
from pyraf import doCmdline, _use_ipython_shell, iraf, __version__
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyraf/__init__.py", line 29, in <module>
import irafimport
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyraf/irafimport.py", line 102, in <module>
iraf = _originalImport('iraf', globals(), locals(), [])
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyraf/iraf.py", line 8, in <module>
from iraffunctions import *
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyraf/irafimport.py", line 34, in _irafImport
return _originalImport(name, globals, locals, fromlist)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyraf/iraffunctions.py", line 53, in <module>
import numpy, sscanf, minmatch, subproc, wutil
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyraf/irafimport.py", line 34, in _irafImport
return _originalImport(name, globals, locals, fromlist)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/numpy/__init__.py", line 130, in <module>
import add_newdocs
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyraf/irafimport.py", line 34, in _irafImport
return _originalImport(name, globals, locals, fromlist)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/numpy/add_newdocs.py", line 9, in <module>
from lib import add_newdoc
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyraf/irafimport.py", line 34, in _irafImport
return _originalImport(name, globals, locals, fromlist)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/numpy/lib/__init__.py", line 4, in <module>
from type_check import *
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyraf/irafimport.py", line 34, in _irafImport
return _originalImport(name, globals, locals, fromlist)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/numpy/lib/type_check.py", line 8, in <module>
import numpy.core.numeric as _nx
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyraf/irafimport.py", line 34, in _irafImport
return _originalImport(name, globals, locals, fromlist)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/numpy/core/__init__.py", line 6, in <module>
import umath
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyraf/irafimport.py", line 34, in _irafImport
return _originalImport(name, globals, locals, fromlist)
TypeError: _irafImport() takes at most 4 arguments (5 given)
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 48, in apport_excepthook
if not enabled():
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 21, in enabled
import re
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyraf/irafimport.py", line 34, in _irafImport
return _originalImport(name, globals, locals, fromlist)
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/pyraf", line 62, in <module>
from pyraf import doCmdline, _use_ipython_shell, iraf, __version__
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyraf/__init__.py", line 29, in <module>
import irafimport
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyraf/irafimport.py", line 102, in <module>
iraf = _originalImport('iraf', globals(), locals(), [])
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyraf/iraf.py", line 8, in <module>
from iraffunctions import *
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyraf/irafimport.py", line 34, in _irafImport
return _originalImport(name, globals, locals, fromlist)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyraf/iraffunctions.py", line 53, in <module>
import numpy, sscanf, minmatch, subproc, wutil
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyraf/irafimport.py", line 34, in _irafImport
return _originalImport(name, globals, locals, fromlist)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/numpy/__init__.py", line 130, in <module>
import add_newdocs
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyraf/irafimport.py", line 34, in _irafImport
return _originalImport(name, globals, locals, fromlist)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/numpy/add_newdocs.py", line 9, in <module>
from lib import add_newdoc
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyraf/irafimport.py", line 34, in _irafImport
return _originalImport(name, globals, locals, fromlist)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/numpy/lib/__init__.py", line 4, in <module>
from type_check import *
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyraf/irafimport.py", line 34, in _irafImport
return _originalImport(name, globals, locals, fromlist)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/numpy/lib/type_check.py", line 8, in <module>
import numpy.core.numeric as _nx
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyraf/irafimport.py", line 34, in _irafImport
return _originalImport(name, globals, locals, fromlist)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/numpy/core/__init__.py", line 6, in <module>
import umath
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyraf/irafimport.py", line 34, in _irafImport
return _originalImport(name, globals, locals, fromlist)
TypeError: _irafImport() takes at most 4 arguments (5 given)
>>>


Any ideas?

[favilac]

Hi Everybody.

I haven't had the time to update the scripts to make it work with the new Ubuntu release. However:

1.- gfortran. The requirement in the script for version 4.2 it's because Xvista. If you don't use or need Xvista, edit the install-ubuntu.sh file and delete the gfortran-4.2 in the DEPS field. That's all.

2.- Pyraf. This is case of a mismatch of versions. The pyraf included in the installer is the last one that works in Ubuntu 8.04 and Debian Lenny. The newest pyraf works in Ubuntu 10.04 but it doesn't in 8.04. So ignore the errors and install the newest version from STSCI.

When will an updated version of the installer will be ready? Whenever of this happens first:
a) IRAF 2.1 5 is ready.
b) Ubuntu 10.04.1 is ready.
c) Debian Squeeze is ready.

I hope to have a unified installer by then (debian/ubuntu i386/amd64).

Any more questions, you can send it to my mail (it's in the README file!).

[tonetty]

Hi everybody,

I installed IRAF and DS9 without any troubles in Karmic Koala, then I upgrade to Lucid Lynx (both on 32 bits machine). Everything is ok but IMEXAMINE: no cursor blinking on DS9 display, almost no interaction with the graphics display.
Has anyone met the same problem? I've just seen something similar in iraf.net but I didn't find it very useful.

[tonetty]

I managed the IMEXAMINE trouble with a simple mkiraf from the IRAF user but now I've another problem with my HP F4280 all-in-one Deskjet printer...

When I use SPLOT or IMPLOT and then I try to make some hardcopies with :.snap some strange message appears (see snapshot http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4505727/screen ) and nothing is printed even if hplip notify me that a job has been started and completed...

I found that any job was a 0K files

it seems that SGIDSPATCH is ok and that the printer is ok with other software...

Please, can somebody help me?

[shouravv]

I first installed iraf a long time (5.10 era, I think) ago and recently (10.04) installed it on my new 64-bit machine, both times using this page as a guide -

http://geco.phys.columbia.edu/~rubab...p_installation

and faced almost no problem. However, it seems to have been written for absolute beginners and has some broken links which you'll need to work out for yourself.