1)  Setup

vi .local_cshrc

<ADD>

setenv IDLUTILS_DIR ~/idl/djs        # You might use idlutils instead of djs 
setenv IDLSPEC2D_DIR ~/idl/idlspec2d 
setenv XIDL_DIR ~/idl/xidl  
setenv IDL_PATH +$IDL_DIR\/lib:+$IDL_DIR\/examples:+~/idl:+pro/
  <The last line require IDL_DIR is set properly.  This is your job!>

2) IDLUTILS (a.k.a. djs)

<Grab the tar file from the Lick website; named djs.tar.gz>

mv djs.tar.gz ~/idl/
gtar -zxvf djs.tar.gz
cd djs
bin/evilmake clean
bin/evilmake 


3) IDLSPEC2D

<Grab the tar file from the Lick website; named idlspec2d.tar.gz>

mv idlspec2d.tar.gz ~/idl/
gtar -zxvf idlspec2d.tar.gz
cd idlspec2d
$IDLUTILS_DIR/bin/evilmake clean
$IDLUTILS_DIR/bin/evilmake 


4) XIDL

<Grab the tar file from the Lick website; named xidl.tar.gz>

mv xidl.tar.gz ~/idl/
gtar -zxvf xidl.tar.gz
cd xidl
bin/evilmake clean
bin/evilmake 

5) MIKE

 a) Setup the pserver and download
 b) Don't forget to set MIKE_DIR  !!

7) Run IDL and try  

  IDL> .com x_splot

and 

  IDL> a = djs_median(findgen(100,100),1)