Gemini IRAF Package - Released Version 1.9.1

The released version 1.9.1 contains the packages

         gmos - Reduction tasks for GMOS-N and GMOS-S data
        gnirs - Reduction tasks for GNIRS data
        midir - Reduction tasks for T-ReCS and Michelle data
         nifs - Reduction tasks for NIFS data
         niri - Reduction tasks for NIRI data
        quirc - Reduction tasks for Hokupa'a/QUIRC data
        oscir - Reduction tasks for OSCIR data
    flamingos - Reduction tasks for Flamingos-I data
     gemtools - Generic tools developed for Gemini observations

The software is available for download. The distributed files gemini_v19.tar.gz and gemini_v19_patch1.tar.gz are gzipped tar-files. The patch (gemini_v19_patch1.tar.gz) must be installed after the installation of the full v1.9 package (gemini_v19.tar.gz). Complete installation instructions are available in the files gemini_readme.txt and gemini_v19_patch1.txt.

Requirements for running the Gemini IRAF package

The Gemini IRAF package is an external package layered upon IRAF. Therefore sites that wish to use the Gemini IRAF package must first install IRAF.  The released version 1.9.1 has been tested under, and requires, IRAF version 2.12.2a, release dated Jul 15, 2004. The Gemini IRAF package will not work under any earlier versions of IRAF. The Gemini IRAF package has not been tested against the IRAF version 2.13beta2.

The released version 1.9.1 also requires the August 2005 version of the external package FITSUTIL which is available from the IRAF website (iraf.noao.edu). All users are encouraged to upgrade to the Gemini IRAF package version 1.9.1.

The Gemini IRAF package requires that a number of other external IRAF packages are installed at the user's site. The Gemini IRAF package will not load if any of these packages are missing. These packages are listed in the following table. The packages "nmisc", "gmisc", "fitsutil" and "color" are available from the NOAO/IRAF ftp site in the directory containing external packages, and at sites that mirror the NOAO/IRAF ftp site. The "stsdas" and "tables" packages are available from the Space Telescope Science Data Analysis System.
 
 

It is also required that one of the following image display tools is available: ximtool, SAOimage, SAOtng or ds9.

The Gemini IRAF package has be tested on Sun Ultra Workstations running Solaris 5.7, and Solaris 5.8, on PCs running Linux Redhat 9.0 and Fedora Core 4, and on Mac OS X 10.4.x (PowerPC). The Gemini IRAF package is distributed with binaries for Solaris 5.7/5.8, Linux Redhat 9.0/Fedora Core 4, and Mac OS X 10.4 (PowerPC). For other architectures the package has to be compiled. See the installation instructions for details.
 

Versions and revision history of the Gemini IRAF package

In original form; Inger Jørgensen
Last update December 20, 2006; Kathleen Labrie