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I am on a Mac. Can I use PyRAF without running X11?

April 26, 2017Mac pyraf running X11

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I am on a Mac. Can I use PyRAF without running X11?

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Yes. PyRAF v1.7 included as a beta feature a Mac-native version of PyRAF (ticket #86), that is, a way to run PyRAF natively on MacOS (via Aqua libraries) without calling or linking with or requiring X11 in any way. As of PyRAF v1.8, this is a stable capability and is ready for broader use. We would appreciate any feedback. At current, this does not require anything different during installation. It can be activated at run-time with the setting of an environment variable and the use of a native (i.e not X11-linked) version of Python on your Mac (e.g. the default framework or MacPorts). That’s right – no more need to build special X-linked versions of python/matplotlib/tcl/tk/libpng/etc.