python-casacore
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Python-casacore is a set of Python bindings for `casacore <https://code.google.com/p/casacore/>`_,
a c++ library used in radio astronomy. Python-casacore replaces the old
`pyrap <https://code.google.com/p/pyrap/>`_.
The python-casacore documentation can be found on `casacore.github.io/python-casacore <http://casacore.github.io/python-casacore>`_.
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Installation
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Ubuntu 14.04
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This is most simple way to get started with python-casacore::
$ sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:radio-astro/main
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install python-casacore
from source
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install these requirements:
* `setuptools <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools>`_
* `Casacore <https://code.google.com/p/casacore/>`_ >= 2.0
* `Boost-python <http://www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/>`_
* `numpy <http://www.numpy.org/>`_
* `cfitsio <http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/>`_
On ubuntu you can install these with:
* enable the `radio astronomy launchpad PPA <https://launchpad.net/~radio-astro/+archive/ubuntu/main>`_
* install build dependencies::
$ apt-get install libcasacore2-dev python-numpy \
python-setuptools libboost-python-dev libcfitsio3-dev
* compile and install::
$ python ./setup.py install
* if you need to supply compile parameters, for example if you have your casacore
library installed in a different location have a loook at the `build_ext` help::
$ python ./setup.py build_ext -h
Using pip
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python-casacore is also available trough pip. Note that you need to manually satisfy
the requirements mentioned above::
$ pip install python-casacore
Support
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if you have any problems, suggestions or questions please open an issue on the
python-casacore github issue tracker.
Credits
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* `Ger van Diepen <gervandiepen@gmail.com>`_
* `Malte Marquarding <Malte.Marquarding@gmail.com>`_
* `Gijs Molenaar <gijs@pythonic.nl>`_
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