This is a simple way to install iraf and related software, it works well in my

Ubuntu 14.04 32-bit or 64-bit systems! 根据自己的系统选择下载后面的安装文件。

Installation[Take 32-bit as example.]

See the requirements section for information about what you need before installing Ureka.

[快速安装方法]Quick Installation

1. Download the installer for the current version of Ureka to the desired install location (right-click and Save Link As...):

   http://ssb.stsci.edu/ureka/1.0/install_ureka_1.0

   -OR-

   copy/paste one of these commands into a terminal window to download the installer:

    abren@BNU:~$ wget http://ssb.stsci.edu/ureka/1.0/install_ureka_1.0

2. Run the installer:

    abren@BNU:~$ sh ./install_ureka_1.0

3. The installer will ask you to enter an installation name and will ask for permission to edit your login scripts.

   
   

[手动安装方法]Installing Ureka Manually [推荐]

There may be situations where it is necessary or convenient to installUreka manually.  In such cases, you can download the Ureka tarfile,unpack it, and configure it by following these steps:

1. Download the appropriate tarfile to the desired install location :

• 32-bit Linux

• 64-bit Linux

• MacOS 10.6 - Snow Leopard

• MacOS 10.7 - Lion

• MacOS 10.8 - Mountain Lion

• MacOS 10.9 - Mavericks

2. Unpack the tarfile (use the correct file name):

    abren@BNU:~$ tar zxf Ureka_osx-6_64_1.0.tar.gz

3. Run ur_normalize:

    abren@BNU:~$ Ureka/bin/ur_normalize

   Normalizing Ureka found in /home/yourname/Ureka
   Updating library references...
   ..Ureka core
   ..IRAF
   ..variant: common
   Updating symbolic links...
   ..variant: common
   Updating shebang lines...
   
   Ureka needs to add a few lines to your login scripts.  It can
   check if they are already there and automatically add them if
   needed.  Answer yes unless you know a particular reason to
   answer no.
   Automatically configure login scripts?  Enter yes or no [yes]: yes
   ==============================================
   Ureka is installed.  Log in a new terminal window and type the command
      ur_setup
   or
      ur_setup common primary
   to select your Ureka environment.  'ur_setup -h' will show some help.

   ur_normalize takes a few minutes to run.  This configuration scriptupdates various paths in the Ureka installation directory.  You willbe asked to provide a name for the installation, and for permissionto edit your login scripts.  These interactive questions can beavoided by calling ur_normalize with the -u flag.

Note: Step 3 must be repeated if the installation directory is ever relocated.

[使用设置Ureka]Using Ureka

Each time you wish to use Ureka (in a new terminal session), you must setup your environment by calling ur_setup.  This setup script, described below in more detail, sets various environment variables that Ureka depends on.  ur_forget provides a way to purge your environment of Ureka variables.

ur_setup

Basic usage - If you only have one Ureka installation and are using the common variant, then you can call ur_setup without any arguments:

   abren@BNU:~$ ur_setup

To load the “spam” variant of the default installation:

   abren@BNU:~$ ur_setup spam

To load the “spam” variant of the “foo” installation:

   abren@BNU:~$ ur_setup spam foo

ur_forget

This script removes all Ureka variables from your environment:

   abren@BNU:~$ ur_forget

Shortcuts

On most systems, the installation process will create a Desktop or menu shortcut that can be clicked on to launch a terminal session with the Ureka environment already selected.  If you click on a Ureka shortcut, then there is no need to call ur_setup.

Unity menu shortcut on Ubuntu 14.04:

[测试Ureka安装]Testing a Ureka Installation

It is a good idea to test Ureka after installation.  Following a callto ur_setup, issue this command:

The ur_test script will run a series of tests, and provide a summaryof how many tests passed and failed.  If there were failures, a moredetailed log will be produced.  Here is an example of output from aur_test run in which one error and one failure occurred.

If you experience a problem and need to request help fromsupport, please be sure to include the logs producedby ur_test.

[IRAF设置]IRAF Set Up

We get a lot of questions about how to create login.cl and the uparm directorythat IRAF and PyRAF expect to find.  There is a utility included wtih IRAFcalled mkiraf that initializes these files for you.

Many people like to create an iraf directory in their home to store theseconfiguration files.  Then, they typically will change directories into thatlocation before starting IRAF.

   abren@BNU:~$ mkdir ~/iraf    

   abren@BNU:~$ cd ~/iraf    

   abren@BNU:~$ mkiraf

After typing mkiraf, you will be asked to enter a terminal type.  We recommendentering “xgterm”, since there are several graphical interfaces in IRAF thatoutput commands for xgterm and they won’t work correctly in other terminals.

[大功告成] Done

abren@BNU:~$ ur_setup
abren@BNU:~$ ds9 &
abren@BNU:~$ xgterm -fn 10*20 -sbr &

xgterm 终端

abren@BNU:~$ cd iraf
abren@BNU:~/iraf$ ls
login.cl  uparm
abren@BNU:~/iraf$ cl

  NOAO/IRAF PC-IRAF Revision 2.16 EXPORT Thu May 24 15:41:17 MST 2012
     This is the EXPORT version of IRAF V2.16 supporting PC systems.

 Welcome to IRAF.  To list the available commands, type ? or ??.  To get
 detailed information about a command, type `help <command>'.  To run  a
 command  or  load  a  package,  type  its name.   Type  `bye' to exit a
 package, or `logout' to get out  of the CL.    Type `news' to find  out
 what is new in the version of the system you are using.  
 Visit http://iraf.net if you have questions or to report problems.

 The following commands or packages are currently defined:
     adccdrom.   deitab.     kepler.     noao.       sqiid.      utilities.
     apropos     esowfi.     language.   obsolete.   stecf.      vo.
     cfh12k.     finder.     lists.      optic.      stlocal.    xdimsum.
     cirred.     fitsutil.   mem0.       plot.       stsdas.     xray.
     ctio.       gemini.     mscdb.      proto.      system.    
     cutoutpkg.  gmisc.      mscred.     rvsao.      tables.    
     dataio.     guiapps.    mtools.     softools.   ucsclris.  
     dbms.       images.     nfextern.   song.       upsqiid.    

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对于Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit系统，测试的时候可能由于不支持32位而报错，

解决的方法可参考：http://ssb.stsci.edu/ureka/dev/docs/32bit_iraf.html 根据提示安装相应包(如下:)。 

Ubuntu 12.04: sudo apt-get install -y ia32-libs

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References: http://ssb.stsci.edu/ureka/1.0/docs/index.html

                   http://www.stsci.edu/institute/software_hardware/stsdas/download-stsdas

                   http://ssb.stsci.edu/ureka/

2014/06/04--->2015/07/21修改  于BNU