astroTools

Linux versions of some of the "standard" astronomical software tools are being installed in AFS space at SLAC.  The base directory is /afs/slac/g/glast/applications/astroTools.

The current contents are

• DS9:  The version 3.0b6 executable is contained in the bin subdirectory.

• Super Mongo: sm version 2.4.1 is in the bin subdirectory.  Documents are in the doc subdirectory.

• FTOOLS:  The version 5.3 distribution from GSFC is installed in the lheasoft subdirectory. 

• IDL libraries: Several popular collections of IDL routines are found under the idl subdirectory.  These include the Johns Hopkins collection, the GSFC astro collection, and the Markwardt and Deutsch collections.  

• astroroot:  Version 3.0 is installed in the astroroot subdirectory.

• CIAO: Version 3.0.2 is installed in the ciao_3.0.2 subdirectory, without CALDB.  There wasn't enough room for the whole thing.

To use these products, 

source /afs/slac/g/glast/applications/astroTools/astrotools_setup.csh

This will set all the necessary environmental variables, including PATH, IDL_PATH, and LD_LIBRARY_PATH.  Perhaps a Bourne shell equivalent will be provided some day.

02/20/2004