Installing IDL or ENVI for Macintosh

IDL and ENVI require Apple X11 to display graphics. If X11 is not already installed, install Apple X11 from the Mac OS X installation disks. Then, install IDL or ENVI.

Installing IDL or ENVI

You must have Administrator privileges to install IDL or ENVI in a public directory. The installer process installs the software first and then runs the License Wizard.

Note
For license types that require the FLEXnet license manager, you must have root privileges to install the boot time startup script. Note that root privileges are different than Administrator privileges.

  1. Insert the IDL or ENVI installation disk in the appropriate drive. The software volume window appears. If the window does not appear, double-click the disk icon.
  2. Double-click the Install_Mac icon. The Introduction dialog appears.
  3. Click Next to begin installation. A warning message may appear that indicates you must have administrator privileges if you plan to install IDL or ENVI in a public directory. Click Yes to continue. The License Agreement dialog appears.
  4. To continue the installation, accept the terms of the ITT Visual Information Solutions license agreement. Click Next. The Choose Install Folder dialog appears.
  5. The default installation directory displays, which is /Applications/itt in the default directory. Click Next to install in the default directory.

    6. To install in a different directory, click Choose and select another location.

    Note
    The path must not contain any spaces in the folder names. If the installation folder or any folder in the path to the installation folder contains spaces in its name, IDL and ENVI will not run. Rename the folder without spaces before you install, or use the default /Applications/itt installation path.

    The Restore Default Folder button returns the path selection to the default.

    The installation directory contains the IDL or ENVI software. For example: 

    /Applications/itt/idlxx  
 
    Or,
    /Applications/itt/idlxx/products/envixx 
 
    The installation directory will be referred to as ITT_DIR for the remainder of the installation and licensing instructions. The xx refers to the software version.
     
    If you are installing ENVI, and the IDL version upon which ENVI is based is already installed on your system, you can install ENVI below the IDL distribution. If you want to install ENVI in this location, click Set Directory and choose the directory that contains the itt/idlxx directory (the default location for IDL is /Applications). If you do not select the same path, another IDL distribution is installed with ENVI.
     
    Click Next to begin the installation.
  6. In the Choose Install Set dialog, choose your software installation options. The typical installation features are indicated by check marks. Clicking a feature displays information about that option. Select the features you want to install by checking the boxes for those features.

    7. Note
    The DICOM Network Services option is available only on PPC, not on Intel platforms.

    Click Next to proceed. The Pre-Installation Summary dialog appears.

  7. Confirm the installation settings and options, and click Install to begin installation or click Previous to modify the installation options. The dialog shows the installation progress.
  8. If you chose to install DICOM Network Services (PPC only), you will be asked if you want to configure the network services to start automatically at boot time. Uncheck the check box if you do not want to start the Dicomex Storage SCP Service at boot time. Click Next to continue.

    9. The DICOM installation script requires root or sudo privileges. If the operation is unsuccessful, a dialog appears that indicates you must manually execute the DICOM installation script (ITT_DIR/idlxx/bin/dicomexstorscp_install).

    When the software installation is complete, the License Wizard dialog appears.

  9. To run the License Wizard, click Next. See Using the License Wizard. To run it at a later time, clear the selection and click Next.

    10. Note
    To run the License Wizard later, launch the LicenseWizard applescript from the ITT_DIR/idlxx directory.

  10. The Install Complete dialog appears. Click Done to exit the installer.

Setting Up Your Environment

Installing your license and automatically configuring the license server with the LicenseWizard Applescript application does not require special setup of the Apple X11 shell environment.

However, if you need to issue any license-utility line commands or start an IDL or ENVI session from an Apple X11 shell prompt, you might need to set up your shell environment before issuing the commands. See Defining Environment Variables and Aliases for details.

Note
For additional information on configuring your system, see the Tech Support Frequently Asked Questions page on the ITT Visual Information Solutions web site.