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This page describes how to obtain and build LOFAR the software. | This page describes how to obtain and build LOFAR the software. | ||
- | :!: Please take note that ASTRON only thoroughly builds and tests the LOFAR software on their production systems that contain RHEL5 32-bit and Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit Linux distros. For other distros and/or versions we cannot guarantee that a build will create a fully and correctly working package. Support for this is not provided. | + | :!: Please take note that ASTRON only thoroughly builds and tests the LOFAR software on their production systems that contain RHEL5 32-bit and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS/Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit Linux distros. For other distros and/or versions we cannot guarantee that a build will create a fully and correctly working package. Support for this is not provided. |
===== Prerequisites ===== | ===== Prerequisites ===== | ||
- | Mind that to be able to build LOFAR, first you need to have various other custom packages available on your system. below is a list of packages and versions that have been confiormed to work (other versions may work, but we have not tested that). Note that this is not a complete list: | + | Mind that to be able to build LOFAR, first you need to have various other custom packages available on your system. below is a list of packages and versions that have been confiormed to work (other versions may work, but we have not tested that). Note that this is not a complete list. If there is no URL provided, the package can usually be installed as part of the OS distribution of from the Distributor' |
* boost 1.40 or larger | * boost 1.40 or larger | ||
* cfitsio 3.23 or larger | * cfitsio 3.23 or larger | ||
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* casarest latest development version (see https:// | * casarest latest development version (see https:// | ||
* log4cplus 1.0.4 or larger | * log4cplus 1.0.4 or larger | ||
- | | + | * AOFlagger 2.7.1 or larger (http:// |
+ | * Note: use the -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON flag! See http:// | ||
+ | * If you want to use the graph tools of the AOFlagger, in the lofar build you need to provide '' | ||
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Some Linux distributions may have ready to install packages available for some of these, for other distros you may need to build these from code or search hard for binary installations. You may require your system managers help to set all these up properly. | Some Linux distributions may have ready to install packages available for some of these, for other distros you may need to build these from code or search hard for binary installations. You may require your system managers help to set all these up properly. | ||
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This requires an account on the SVN server. There is also a guest read-only account; mail Arno Schoenmakers or Marcel Loose for details if you need this. | This requires an account on the SVN server. There is also a guest read-only account; mail Arno Schoenmakers or Marcel Loose for details if you need this. | ||
- | Please refer to [[engineering:software: | + | Please refer to [[public:user_software: |
=== Step 2 === | === Step 2 === | ||
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===== Build Options ===== | ===== Build Options ===== | ||
Build options can be specified in two ways. The preferred, " | Build options can be specified in two ways. The preferred, " | ||
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+ | ==== Packages ==== | ||
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+ | To find external packages (like casacore, aoflagger, etc) one can add directory pointers to the CMake command line like these:< | ||
+ | -DCASACORE_ROOT_DIR=/ | ||
+ | -DAOFLAGGER_ROOT_DIR=/ | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | etc. | ||
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==== Available Options ==== | ==== Available Options ==== |