README 2005-03-01

Download and Installation Instructions:

RPM (RedHat Package Manager) files (containing a binary installation of the AIPS++ software and associated data and library files) are available at:

ftp://ftp.cv.nrao.edu/casa/obtaining.html

A script is provided for download and installation. load-casa - Note: casa is the name for the re-organized AIPS++ library routines.

Download this file then make it executable: chmod +x load-casa

It's usage is: load-casa INSTALL_DIRECTORY load-casa --root # this installs the rpms into /usr (requires root permission)

Should you wish to update your installation, new rpms will be built following each stable and can be downloaded from this location.

Currently supported OSs are RH9.0 and Mandrake.

• Red Hat 9.0 (Shrike)
• Mandrake 10.0 (Community) for i586
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 3 (Taroon Update 4)

Note: For users of Solaris, a previous installation can be brought up to date using the 'aupdate' command.

The rpm downloads are roughly 200 MB in size and once installed, the AIPS++ size is approximately 700 MB.

Once this successfully completes, then ensure that the aips++ binary has been added to your path and you will likely want to add the following lines to your .bashrc/(t)cshrc file:

echo $PATH                    
add to files: 
  #.bashrc
  export casapath=install_directory
  export PATH=$casapath/bin:$PATH    
  #.(t)cshrc
  set casapath=install_directory
  set path=($casapath/bin $path)