Setting Up Your IDL Environment
Solaris and Linux Users
- Create a .idlenv
(dot idlenv) file in your home
directory and add the following lines:
Some users will not be able to--or will choose not to--run IDL 6.3. Those users should modify the IDL_DIR environment variable to the path of the version of IDL they will be using, e.g., /usr/local/rsi/idl_6.1setenv IDL_DIR /usr/local/rsi/idl_6.3
setenv LM_LICENSE_FILE ${IDL_DIR}/license/license.dat
setenv IDL_PATH +$IDL_DIR/lib
setenv IDL_PATH $IDL_PATH{:}+/apps2/idl_ulib/external
setenv IDL_DEVICE X
if (-e ~/.idlstartup) then
setenv IDL_STARTUP ~/.idlstartup
endif
alias idl '${IDL_DIR}/bin/idl'
Bash users should use the following format for setting environment variables instead of the setenv method shown above:
Linux users should verify that the directory /usr/local/rsi exists on the machine where IDL is to be run (e.g., by typing 'ls /usr/local/rsi'). If the directory does not exist, please email central@astro and request that a link be made for that machine to /apps2/linux-apps/rsi.IDL_DIR=/usr/local/rsi/idl_6.3
export IDL_DIR
- Append any other desired directories to your IDL_PATH by
adding a line to your .idlenv
file such as:
setenv IDL_PATH $IDL_PATH{:}+/path/to/another/directory - Source your .idlenv
file either on the command line or as
part of your .cshrc or .bashrc file:
source ~/.idlenv
Mac Users
There is currently (September 2006) no centrally-supported MacOS version of IDL. Mac users should download a copy of IDL and install it on their local machine. X11 for Mac OS should be installed in order for this to work. A copy of the appropriate license file needs to be placed in the license directory under the rsi directory where IDL is installed. Please contact central@astro if you need guidance.$LastChangedDate:: 2007-02-27#$