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diff --git a/source/faq.rst b/source/faq.rst index 46a1d34..827f0d9 100644 --- a/source/faq.rst +++ b/source/faq.rst @@ -85,6 +85,33 @@ IRAF into its own environment under Python 2.7: ``conda create -n iraf27 python=2.7 iraf pyraf stsci && source activate iraf27`` +Why is IRAF 32-bit instead of 64-bit? +===================================== + +Many of the IRAF tasks that we include with AstroConda are so old that they cannot be compiled as 64-bit executables +without significant changes to the source code. Because of this restriction, we always build IRAF as a 32-bit program, even +for our 64-bit distributions. + +In Linux, how do I install IRAF's 32-bit dependencies? +------------------------------------------------------ + +Debian >=7, Ubuntu >=14.04 +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +.. code-block:: sh + + # If on Debian execute this first (not required on Ubuntu): + sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 + + sudo apt-get update + sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libz1:i386 libncurses5:i386 libbz2-1.0:i386 libuuid1:i386 libxcb1:i386 + +RHEL/CentOS >=6, Fedora >=14 +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +.. code-block:: sh + + sudo yum install glibc.i686 zlib.i686 ncurses.i686 bzip2-libs.i686 uuid.i686 libxcb.i686 Will AstroConda interfere with other scientific distributions (e.g. SciSoft)? ============================================================================= @@ -93,5 +120,3 @@ Will AstroConda interfere with other scientific distributions (e.g. SciSoft)? It is your responsibility to maintain a functional shell environment so [insert scientific distribution here] does not conflict with your Anaconda installation. - - |