Installing ASAP and dependencies from source

• Rpfits Download rpfits

     > tar zxvf rpfits.tar.gz; cd rpfits/linux
         (edit GNUMakefile and change RPFITSROOT if appropriate)
     > make install
  

• CASA (aips++) Download casa_asap (or casa_asap2.1)

     > tar jxvf casa_asap.tar.bz2; cd casa_asap
          (read README and decide if you need to edit linux/UNKNOWN_SITE/makedefs)
     > sh build.sh
  

Depending on whether you use (t)csh

   > source aipsinit.csh

or bash

   > . aipsinit.sh

• ASAP Download asap_src

     > tar jxvf asap_src.tar.bz2; cd asap2.0
  

You need to have the scons package installed (see o/s specific notes)

   > scons

If scons fails with "Checking for casa libraries...no" then you probably forgot to source the aipsinit script

Check if the module works. If the following statement returns without a message, all is good!

  > cd stage/asap; python -c "import _asap"; cd -

Install it to the default location:

   su
   scons install

• ASAP Data Download asap_data

     su
     cd /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/asap  # May be in a differen location on your machine
     tar jxvf <download_directory>/asap_data.tar.bz2
  

Now you can test it by executing:

   asap