Installing ASAP and dependencies from source

• Rpfits Download rpfits

     tar zxvf rpfits.tar.gz; cd rpfits/linux
     make install
  

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

     tar jxvf casa_asap.tar.bz2; cd casa_asap
     sh configure.sh
          (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. If any other check returns "no" please install the corresponding package on your machine.

Install it to the default location:

   su
   scons install

• ASAP Data Download asap_data

     su
     asap_update_data
  

Now you can test it by executing:

   asap

If you not have root access to the machine you are installing on (or do not want to install asap in the default location, then you needs to pass the "prefix" and "moduledir" options to scons. Try something like:

  setenv PREFIX /home/me/mydir
  setenv ASAPPY /home/me/python
  scons prefix=$PREFIX moduledir=$ASAPPY

This will install the asap startup script in $PREFIX/bin and the python code on $ASAPPY/asap. To run you private version of asap you will need to set the PYTHONPATH environment variable to $ASAPPY/asap. To simplify your life it is recommended you edit $PREFIX/asap and add the lines (changed appropriately) near the beginning of the script:

  PYTHONPATH='/home/me/python/asap'
  export PYTHONPATH