SAOImage DS9 5.1 released
Astronomical Software, MacOS X, SciSoft OSX, X11 January 14th. 2008, 11:32amThe folks behind SAOImage DS9 have now released version 5.1. The big change I’ve noticed since the last version is that version 5.1 works without issues under Leopard’s new X11 implementation. Of course, the disadvantage is you now must download a version compatible with your OS version as well as your CPU.
- If you want the Aqua (MacOS X native version, download the appropriate one of the following files. If you want to use the Aqua-native version from IRAF, you will need to access the command-line binary within the SAOImage DS9.app application bundle as “SAOImage\ DS9.app/Contents/MacOS/ds9“.
- If you want the X11-based command line driven version
More detailed release notes are available here. See my previous post on SAOImage DS9 5.0 to see how it is possible to upgrade the binaries included with SciSoft OSX.
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