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[Eric Greisen]

Adam J. Mott writes:

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 > I'm trying to install AIPS on my Intel-based Mac.  I know from the  
 > special Mac installation instructions that I'm supposed to install  
 > specific versions of C and Fortran compilers before doing this.  But  
 > I decided to be an egghead and see how the install works with the  
 > compilers I already have.
 > 
 > On screen 10 I set the Fortran compiler and linker to be
 >     /usr/local/bin/g77
 > But I kept getting errors like
 >     /Users/adam/aips/31DEC07/SYSTEM/UNIX/FC: line 490: /sw/bin/g77:  
 > No such file or directory

    Did you also change the linker on this screen or was it left as
/sw/bin/g77 ?

 > 
 > I wonder why the build process thinks my Fortran compiler is /sw/bin/ 
 > g77 when I had specified /usr/local/bin/g77.  Also, I disabled the  
 > line in my .cshrc file that includes /sw/bin (Fink packages) in my  
 > path to begin with, so I have no idea why this is happening.
 > 
 > I think I'm going to give up on compiling and just do the binary  
 > installation...

We do recommend the binary installation rather strongly and I am
suprised that the information on our web pages caused you to conclude
otherwise.  The only case where we recommend local compilation under
any operating system is when you plan to develope AIPS programs
locally (an uncommon occurence).  The compilers we use produce load
modules that run faster (as much as 50% depending on architecture) so
the code for local compilation, especially for MacPPCs, has not been
tested much recently.

Eric Greisen