python-casacore 3.0.0

A wrapper around CASACORE, the radio astronomy library

python-casacore
===============

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 18.04
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The easiest way to start using python-casacore is to enable the `KERN suite <http://kernsuite.info>`_ repository and install the binary package ::

$ sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kernsuite/kern-4
$ 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://github.com/casacore/casacore/>`_
* `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 `KERN suite <http://kernsuite.info>`_

* install build dependencies::

$ apt-get install casacore-dev python-numpy \
python-setuptools libboost-python-dev libcfitsio3-dev wcslib-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 look at the `build_ext` help::

$ python ./setup.py build_ext -h

For example, if `casacore` is installed in `/opt/local/`, you can specify the
library path and include path with::

$ python ./setup.py build_ext -I/opt/local/include -L/opt/local/lib

$ python ./setup.py install


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 <[e-mail]>`_
* `Malte Marquarding <[e-mail]>`_
* `Gijs Molenaar <[e-mail]>`_