HEASOFT Install

Download from: https://heasarc.nasa.gov/lheasoft/download.html

On Ubuntu, heasoft requires the additional packages:

sudo apt-get -y install libreadline6-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libncurses5-dev xorg-dev gcc g++ gfortran perl-modules python-dev make build-essential libx11-dev libxt-dev

Run configure to set install to custom directory ~/Software/heasoft

./configure --prefix="~/Software/heasoft" >& config.out & tail -f config.out

Then build:

make >& build.log & tail -f build.log

Then install:

make install >& install.log & tail -f install.log

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In prefix folder, there should be a folder for the build platform, e.g. x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-libc2.12, use:

export HEADAS=/path/to/platform/folder . $HEADAS/headas-init.sh

This should work silently without errors. Now (if needed) create .bash_aliases, add:

HEADAS=~/path/to/platform/folder export HEADAS alias heainit=". $HEADAS/headas-init.sh"

Try running heainit in a new terminal, test to see if fhelp works.

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CALDB Install

Follow https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/caldb/install.html

Add to .bash_aliases:

CALDB=/path/to/caldb/ export CALDB alias caldbinit="source $CALDB/software/tools/caldbinit.sh

Might have to run sudo chmod +x caldbinit.sh

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