ASSUMES YOU HAVE A DVD. The installer process installs the software first and then runs the License Wizard.

chuckp@noric06 $ /idl71/bin/install bin.linux.x86_64 VM

1. Enter the following command at your UNIX prompt:

   /bin/sh /DVD-PATH/install_unix.sh

where DVD-PATH is the path to your DVD drive.

A warning message may appear that indicates you must be logged in as root if
you plan to install IDL or ENVI in a public directory. Click Yes to continue.
The License Agreement dialog appears.

2. Click Yes to accept the terms of the license agreement.
   

3. Next to the Set Directory button is the directory under which the idlxx will be created (where xx is the software version).

Note: The default installation directory is /usr/local/itt. The installation directory will be referred to as ITT_DIR for the remainder of the installation. The dialog lists the required disk space to install and the available disk space in the selected directory. If you want to install in the default directory, proceed to Step 4.

To change the default directory, click Set Directory. The Select Installation
Directory dialog appears. If you do not have write permissions for a selected
directory, it appears as gray text. The selected directory will be created for you
if it does not already exist.

4. The IDL Installation dialog shows the typical installation features.
   1. Select the features you want to install by checking the boxes for those features.
   2. Under Select Platforms to Install, the installer displays the platform on which you are running the installation script.
   3. Select the appropriate platforms for any machines that will run IDL on your network.
   4. Click OK.

   The Installation Summary dialog appears.
   

5. After verifying the selections in the IDL Installation Summary, click Install.

After the installation script has finished copying files to the installation directory, the Product Environment dialog is displayed, prompting you to create symbolic links (i.e., the shortcuts to the IDL executables that you can create in your home directory or in any directory you specify that users can execute to start IDL.

6. Create symbolic links.
   

   Note: If you choose not to create symbolic links at this time, click No Links and proceed to Step 7. You can create them after installing IDL doing the following:

• Use the ITT_DIR/idlxx/bin/install (or ITT_DIR/idlxx/products/envixx/bin/install) executable to create the symbolic links for you.

ITT_DIR denotes the installation directory. You must execute this script from ITT_DIR (i.e., remember, default installation directory is /usr/local/itt).

OR

• If you want to create symbolic links, click Create Links.

The Product Links dialog appears. To set up symbolic links, choose the directory in which to create them. This can be your home directory or any other directory from which you want to start IDL.

The default directory is:

/usr/local/bin

which is commonly already in your PATH system environment variable.

Note: To change from the default, click the Set Directory button. If you do not have write permissions for the selected directory, it will appear as gray text. The selected directory will be created for you if it does not already exist. To accept the settings, click OK.

7. When prompted to choose to install the DICOM Network Services module, click No.

Note: This is a chargeable service and, if you click yes, you will be asked if you want to configure the network services to start automatically at boot time.

8. When prompted to license IDL, click No.

Note: You can license IDL later by typing ittlicense at the UNIX prompt after running the source commands described in “Defining Environment Variables and Aliases” on page 25 .) To license IDL or ENVI later, or to run IDL in seven-minute demonstration mode, click No. Without the license information, IDL will operate in demonstration mode for sevenminute intervals.

9. When the Installation Complete dialog is displayed, click Exit.

IDL Virtual Machine can be bundled with your application and sent as a single file, or downloaded for free from the internet. And, IDL runtime licensing is available for situations where the developer requires greater flexibility.

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Installation and Licensing Guide Setting Up the Environment

Setting Up the Environment
Before you can run IDL or ENVI on a UNIX platform, you must set up each user’s environment on the machine that will be running it. Each user will need to complete the following tasks:

• Defining the required environment variables and aliases
• Defining the path to the license file or license server
• Defining Environment Variables and Aliases

Three setup scripts (idl_setup, idl_setup.ksh, and idl_setup.bash) are provided for IDL, and three scripts (envi_setup, envi_setup.ksh, and envi_setup.bash) are provided for ENVI. These scripts set all required environment variables and aliases for IDL and ENVI.

You should modify the .cshrc, .profile, or .bashrc file for each user who will be accessing IDL or ENVI, so that these settings are automatically executed whenever a user logs in.

To modify the .cshrc, .profile, or .bashrc files, complete the following steps:

1. Modify each user’s .cshrc , .profile, or .bashrc file using any plain text editor.
   1. For C shell users, add the following line to your.cshrc files:

   source ITT_DIR/idlxx/bin/idl_setup

   2. For Korn shell users, add the following line to your.profile files:

. ITT_DIR/idlxx/bin/idl_setup.ksh

3. For Bash shell users, add the following line to your.bashrc files:

. ITT_DIR/idlxx/bin/idl_setup.bash


where ITT_DIR is the main installation directory and xx is the software
version.

2. Setting Up the Environment Installation and Licensing Guide.
   1. Log out and log back in to execute the .cshrc, .profile, or .bashrc file

   OR

   2. Execute the file from the home directory using one of the following commands:
      • For C shell: source .cshrc
      • For Korn shell: . .profile
      • For Bash shell: . .bashrc

      Note: For additional information on configuring Linux systems, see the Licensing section of the Tech Support Frequently Asked Questions page on the ITT Visual Information Solutions web site.

Licensing

IDL Virtual Machine

The IDL Virtual Machine is a freely distributable version of IDL that can run IDL programs that are compiled as *.sav files. The IDL Virtual Machine runs without an IDL license, so it can be installed on any machine to run the IDL applications you develop. (The IDL Virtual Machine is not related to the Java Virtual Machine. For more information on the IDL Virtual Machine, see “Application Programming” in IDL Help.)

The IDL Virtual Machine is installed automatically as part of a full IDL or ENVI application installation.

Demonstration Mode (IDL)

Demonstration mode allows you to run a limited version of IDL in seven-minute demonstration mode. You do not need to request or enter a license file.

Evaluation License

Evaluation licenses are temporary trial licenses allowing access to certain IDL or ENVI features for a specified number of days. Once the evaluation license expires, you will be alerted by a dialog box stating that the application is available only in seven-minute demonstration mode (IDL only). Request an evaluation license through the ITT Visual Information Solutions Web site.

The following is a sample evaluation license key (using ENVI as an example):
Product: ENVI+IDL X.X
Expiration: 1-Sep-20XX
Key: ABC123DEF456GHI7-123