SAOImage DS9 Installation Instructions

Solaris / Linux Installation

DS9 for Solaris and Linux is a self contained application and does not require any installation procedures or support files.
  1. Download DS9. This is a gzip'ed tar file.
  2. Use the following command line to extract DS9:
    3. $ gzcat ds9.<port>.<version>.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
  3. Move the DS9 executable into a directory in your path.

MacOSX

There are versions of DS9 for 10.4 (Tiger) and 10.5 (Leopard)
  1. Download DS9 for MacOSX. This is an universal application that contains binaries for both PPC and Intel Macs. Drag to your Applications folder.

Darwin

There are versions of DS9 for 10.4 (Tiger) and 10.5 (Leopard). Darwin is only recommended for experienced users of unix and linux. For other users, we recommend DS9 for MacOSX.

DS9 Darwin requires X11.  DS9 for Darwin is a unix executable and must be run from the command line of a Terminal window.
  1. Download DS9 for Darwin. This is a gzip'ed tar file.
  2. Open a Terminal window.
  3. Use the following command line to extract DS9:
    4. $ gzcat ds9.darwin<arch>.<version>.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
  4. (Optional) Move the DS9 executable into a directory in your path.

Windows 7/Vista/XP

  1. Download DS9 for Windows NT/2000/XP. This is a WinZip.exe install file.
  2. Execute the install file. DS9 will be installed by default in C:\Program Files\ds9. It will contain two files, the DS9 application and cygwin.dll.
  3. To run, go to C:\Program Files\ds9 and double click on the DS9 icon.