Download the script (xplore.tcl), and move it somewhere in your path with the execute bit turned on, e.g. in csh notation and assuming you have a ~/bin in your $path: wget http://carma.astro.umd.edu/~tyu/xplore/xplore.tcl chmod +x xplore.tcl mv xplore.tcl ~/bin rehash To run: execute xplore.tcl, and download the calibrator files by clicking on File -> Update. This should download the appropriate files in your ~/.xplore_support/ directory. The tarball xplore.tar.gz has a bootstrap version of the most recent calibrator database included. At a minimum you will need TCL/TK, and full functionality will also require the BLT extension. These may be installed as packages (if available) or compiled from source code. This should work on Linux and Mac OS X. If the optional BLT extension is installed, use the BLT_LIBRARY environment variable to point to its library. The following are also available: xplore-CentOS-5.5-x86_64.tar.gz xplore-MacOS-X-10.5-i386.tar.gz xplore-MacOS-X-10.6-i386.tar.gz xplore-MacOS-X-10.6-x86_64.tar.gz These contain TCL/TK/BLT binaries, compiled for the specified OS and architecture.