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X11/GUI utilities and applications for IRAF (xgterm, ximtool, xtapemon)
https://iraf-community.github.io/x11iraf
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x11iraf installation #45

Closed astronomypicture closed 2 years ago

astronomypicture commented 2 years ago

HI, I installed for the first time X11iraf on linux mint. I am not a system manager. Apparently everything was well following your instructions. However when I tried to execute xgterm I got an error:

andres@andres-MS-7978:~/x11iraf-2.1$ xgterm

Command 'xgterm' not found, did you mean:

command 'xterm' from deb xterm (353-1ubuntu1.20.04.2)

Try: sudo apt install

olebole commented 2 years ago

The binary xgterm is in the subdir xgterm. You should either call it with the complete path (i.e. ./xgterm/xgterm if you are in the x11iraf subdir), or put it somewhere into your PATH, for example to /usr/local/bin/.

However, as I wrote in #44, I would not recommend to start with IRAF at all but instead check out Astropy, which may be the better solution.