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Installing software on the lofarXN machines

Modified 10:26, 26 Jun 2015 by horneff | Page History
    Table of contents
    1. 1. LuMP
    2. 2. Pulsar Software
    3. 3. LOFAR Software

    Version as of 10:01, 26 Dec 2024

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    LuMP

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    Pulsar Software

    This is still missing!

    LOFAR Software

    The following is not yet tested on the most recent OS (installed on 24.6.2015 on lofarDN)

    Download packages:
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      mkdir /opt/soft/lofar-stuff/Downloads
      cd /opt/soft/lofar-stuff/Downloads
      wget ftp://ftp.atnf.csiro.au/pub/software...p_data.tar.bz2

    Download and Build Casacore:
    ############################
      cd /opt/soft/lofar-stuff/
      tar -xjvf ../Downloads/asap_data.tar.bz2
    (This creates the "data" subdirectory)
      mkdir BuildDir/casacore
      cd BuildDir/casacore
      svn co http://casacore.googlecode.com/svn/trunk source
      mkdir -p build/opt
      cd build/opt
      cmake -DBUILD_TESTING=NO -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/soft/lofar-stuff -DUSE_FFTW3=Yes -DUSE_THREADS=YES -DDATA_DIR=/opt/soft/lofar-stuff/data ../../source
      make -j12
      make install   Download and Build pyrap
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      mkdir /opt/soft/lofar-stuff/BuildDir/pyrap
      cd /opt/soft/lofar-stuff/BuildDir/pyrap
      svn co http://pyrap.googlecode.com/svn/trunk dev-source
      export PATH=$PATH:/opt/soft/lofar-stuff/bin
      export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/soft/lofar-stuff/lib
      export PYTHONPATH=/opt/soft/lofar-stuff/lib/python
      ln -s /opt/soft/lofar-stuff/lib /opt/soft/lofar-stuff/lib64
      cd dev-source/
      ./batchbuild-trunk.py --casacore-root=/opt/soft/lofar-stuff --prefix=/opt/soft/lofar-stuff --python-prefix=/opt/soft/lofar-stuff/lib/python