Installing ASAP on Debian Sarge

Installing matlotlib

There is no matplotlib package available for Debian Sarge. Either install matplotlib from source or use the provided matplotlib package http://www.atnf.csiro.au/pub/software/asap/matplotlib/mpl_0.87.3_sarge.tar.bz2.

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    cd /; tar jxf <download_dir>/mpl_0.87.3_sarge.tar.bz2

ASAP package requirements

Before the asap binary can be installed you must have the following packages installed

• python2.3 python2.3-ipython ipython-common python2.3-numarray libboost-python1.32.0 python-numarray-ext python2.3-tk libg2c0 cfitsio2 libstdc++5

Installation

Get http://www.atnf.csiro.au/pub/software/asap/2.1/asap-2.1.0b2-sarge.tar.bz2

   tar jxf asap-2.1.0b2-sarge.tar.bz2
   cd asap-2.1.0b2-sarge
   sudo ./install

If you are want to install asap from source you also need

• scons lapack-dev blas-dev g++ libg2c0-dev libboost-dev