====== IDL on Astronomy ======

Currently we have both IDL 8.8 on astronomy. if you simply type the command: 

<code>
idl
</code>

You will have access to IDL 8.8. 

====== Remote Access to IDL 8.8 on Personal Machines ======

We have 25 licenses that can be check out from the astronomy server in order for you to be able to run IDL on your personal laptop / computer. 

To Do So:

1) Download IDL88 on your computer (please contact Zach E. / issues@... for the required download file). We'll stick it in your home dir on astronomy for you to download it. 

2) Create a plain text file on the client (your) computer to reference the license server. To do this, you need to create a file called 'o_licenseserverurl.txt' with the contents 'http://astronomy.nmsu.edu:7070/fne/bin/capability' (of course, without the quotation marks!)

3) Place that file ('o_licenseserverurl.txt') in your /home/local/harris/license directory on your personal computer. This will vary depending on your environment - for example, Zach needed to placce this file on their Mac at /Applications/harris/license - if you need help figuring out where to place it, contact Zach!

4) Open up the Harris Licence Tool - and you'll have to point to our server - astronomy.nmsu.edu (port 7070). 

====== MATLab ======

We currently have R2020a MatLab on astronomy. In order to start this, type the command:

<code>
matlab
</code>

If this command is evoked from a desktop, it will open the GUI - if not, you'll be taken to the CLI (Command Line Interface) for matlab. (For example - if you SSH into astronomy and type 'matlab' you'll be taken to the CLI version. However, if you use x2go, it should bring up the GUI).