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This is NOT THE OFFICIAL SITE FOR Scisoft OSX. This is an mirror download site in case the official one goes offline. You probably want to check the official Scisoft OSX site first before using these links. I have not gotten permission to place this archive online but I am doing so because some people are having problems accessing the Scisoft OSX download pages.I’m providing some instructions here, but they are copied from the Scisoft OSX Installation Instructions page. I strongly recommend you go there for any updated information. Installation instructions:

1. Download the version of Scisoft matching your Macintosh computer’s CPU processor. Check “About this Mac” under the Apple menu for a description of your computer’s processor. Then select the link below corresponding to the current versions of Scisoft OSX package for your processor:
   • Scisoft OSX 2012.7.1 (64 bit Snow Leopard only!): (Juan’s Note on this Release) This is a ~700 Megabyte ZIPped Mac Installer package of the beta version of the new Scisoft OSX.  It will only run on 64bit processors under Snow Leopard.
   • Scisoft OSX 2009.10.1 Intel: (Juan’s Notes on this Release) This is a ~615 Megabyte gzipped tarball file. It is smaller than the PPC version in part because of the lack of manpages for the various packages.  The previous versions of SciSoft OSX I have left online include:
   • Scisoft OSX 2008.2.1 Intel ZIP file available (Juan’s Notes on this Release). [Last Tiger-centeric version of SciSoft OSX. The DS9 included with this version not Leopard-compatible]
   • Scisoft OSX 2006.4.1 PPC: This is a 1.7 Gigabyte ZIP file.
2. Install the files in the package by doing the following.
   • For Scisoft OSX 2012.7.1 (64 bit)
     1. Unzip the package file.
     2. Double click the package, this will launch Apple’s Installer application, just accept the defaults and install the software. All the software will end up in the /scisoft directory, so there is little chance of mucking up your computer using this installer.
   • For Scisoft OSX 2009.10.1 Intel
     1. I suggest using the command line in an administrative account, you can untar the tarball using the command:

        sudo tar -C / -xzvf Scisoft_OSX_macintel_2009.10.1.tar.gz

     2. You will be asked for your account password to allow ‘sudo’ to run the tar command as root. If Safari un-gzipped the file, you might to instead use the command:

        sudo tar -C / -xvf Scisoft_OSX_macintel_2009.10.1.tar

   • For versions previous to Scisoft OSX 2009.10.1 Intel
     1. Unzip the package file.
     2. Double click the package, this will launch Apple’s Installer application, just accept the defaults and install the software. All the software will end up in the /scisoft directory, so there is little chance of mucking up your computer using this installer.
3. Once the installer has finished you must set up your command line environment. In order to be able to run ANY of the Scisoft software, a Setup file needs to be sourced. Depending on whether your are a Bash or Tcsh user you need to modify your shell startup file as follow:
   • If you are using tcsh (preferred shell for Scisoft and IRAF) edit ~/.tcshrcand add the line

     source /scisoft/bin/Setup.csh

     (on PPC Installations)

     source /Applications/scisoft/all/bin/Setup.csh

     (on Intel Installations)
     

     source /usr/local/scisoft/bin/Setup.csh

     (on 64-bit Intel beta Installations)
     
     near the end of that file (WARNING: versions before 2008.8.1 are not in /Applications/scisoft but rather just /scisoft). Do not forget to add an empty line following this if this is the last entry in your startup file or this command will not be executed when you log on.
   • If you are using bash (in which case, good luck) edit ~/.bashrcand add the line

     . /scisoft/bin/Setup.bash

     (on PPC Installations)

     . /Applications/scisoft/all/bin/Setup.bash

     (on Intel Installations)

     . /usr/local/scisoft/bin/Setup.bash

     (on 64-bit Intel beta Installations)

     near the end of that file (note there is a space between the initial period and the rest of that line). Do not forget to add an empty line following this if this is the last entry in your startup file or this command will not be executed when you log on.

4. Learn from other resources how to use the various packages you have installed.