Installing IDL or ENVI for Macintosh

First, install Apple X11 from the Mac OS X CD-ROM. Then, install IDL or ENVI. The X11 window manager lets you display and manipulate UNIX X-Windows in a way similar to the native Mac OS X Aqua interface.

Installing Apple X11

Apple X11 is not installed by default with Mac OS X. If it is not installed, follow these instructions:

Insert the Apple Mac OS X CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive.

Install X11 on your Macintosh via the optional package installer program.

Installing IDL or ENVI

Insert the IDL or ENVI CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive. The software volume window appears. If the window does not appear, double-click the CD-ROM icon.

Double-click the Install icon. The Introduction dialog appears.

Click Next to begin installation. A warning message may appear that indicates you must have administrator priviledges if you plan to install IDL or ENVI in a public directory. Click Yes to continue. The License Agreement dialog appears.

To continue the installation, you must accept the terms of the ITT Visual Information Solutions license agreement. Click Next. The Choose Install Folder dialog appears.

Select the installation folder. The default folder is /Applications/itt. To modify this location, click on Choose. The path must not contain any spaces in the folder names. Click on Next to begin the installation.

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 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.

In the Choose Install Set dialog, choose your software installation options. The typical installation features are pre-selected and indicated by check marks. Clicking a feature displays information about that option. To add a feature to your installation, click the check box to install the feature on your hard drive. To remove a feature from your installation, clear the check box. Click Next to proceed. The Pre-Installation Summary dialog appears.

Confirm the installation settings and options, and click Install to begin installation or click Previous to modify the installation options.

If you selected to install DICOM Network Services, you will be asked if you want to configure the network services to start automatically at boot time. You must have administrator priviledges. If the operation is unsuccessful, a dialog appears that indicates you must manually execute the DICOM installation script
(ITT_DIR/idlxx/bin/dicomexstrscp_install).

If you click Install, a dialog shows the progress of installation. The License Wizard dialog appears.

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

When a message appears stating that your installation was successful, click Done.

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.