ds9 installation

Location: ds9 is currently installed under /opt/astro.
set package = "ds9-1.9.7.2"
set location = "/opt/astro"
mkdir $location/packages/$package
mkdir $location/packages/$package/bin
mkdir $location/packages/$package/doc
cd $location/packages/$package/bin
Then untar the executable and copy any doc directory from the last version or fetch a new set of documentation (currently from the doc directories in the source distribution) ...
tar -cf - */doc | tar -xf - -C $location/packages/$package/doc
and copy (and check) index.html from the old doc directory. Also don't forget to change the link to the new documentation in astrosw.