Re: ISIS installing on MAC OS X 10.8.4

On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 10:05 -0400, Michael Nowak wrote:
> On Aug 15, 2013, at 9:15 PM, "Jingzhi YAN" <jzyan_at_email.domain.hidden>
> > I am Jingzhi YAN at Purple Mountain Observatory, CHINA.
> >
> > When I run isis command, an error information was gotten as following.
> >
> > I just followed Mike's instruction to install xspec only at /usr/local/xspec_only.
> > Before that, I also compiler all the source files of heasfot and I got the same error information.
> > Could you tell me how to fix it?
>
> Hi Jingzhi-
>
> As the COSPAR school in China draws closer, I presume that we might get a few
> more e-mails asking questions about installation.  To help John, in addition to the
> files that he requested, can you also make sure to send the following information:

Mike,

Most of that information is contained in config.log and
config.status, so those files are sufficient.

In particular, those files contain the OS information, compiler
version numbers, path, etc.

[...]
>
> 3)  It's a little unclear from your message:  Does Xspec also fail to run pgplot?  That is,
> does something like:
>
> 	%> xspec
> 	XSPEC12> model power law
> 	XSPEC12> dummyrsp
> 	XSPEC12> cpd /xw
> 	XSPEC12> pl mod
>
> produce a plot on your screen?  If that fails, then the problem has occurred before the
> ISIS build, and you will first have to seek help from the folks at Goddard.

From the error message he sent, I can see that there's a
dynamic linker problem which probably only affects isis because
isis imports the pgplot module at run-time while xspec
presumably has pgplot linked at compile time.

I sent him a suggested solution, but he probably hasn't had
time to reply.

>
> To date, with the instructions reproduced below, I have successfully installed XSPEC &
> ISIS on my OS X 10.8.4 laptop, and a student of mine successfully installed it on a 10.7.x
> (Lion) laptop.  The below instructions are *only* for a Mac (and very well might fail on
> other variations, such as a 10.6.x Mac).
>

If the isis installation instructions posted on the web are
inadequate, perhaps you would suggest how they can improved,

If installation difficulties are Mac-specific, then perhaps you
might suggest improvements for the mac-specific installation
instructions on the isis web page at:
  http://space.mit.edu/cxc/isis/mac_install.html

Ideally, I think it would be best to have one clear set of
installation instructions in one place (on the isis web page)
rather than to circulate multiple sets of installation
instructions.

Thanks,
-John

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