PFITS (A Python FITS iterface employing CFITSIO)
DESCRIPTION
This package uses the CFITSIO library to interface to FITS files from
Python. Particular attention has been paid to supporting ASCII and
BINARY tables with fixed and variable-length entries. Data I/O is handled
through numpy arrays.
ON THE WEB
There are further instructions, documentation, and a FAQ at:
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/~aparsons/aipy/aipy.cgi/PFits
INSTALLATION
PFITS requires Python >= 2.4 (and < 3.0 for now). You also need to have
numpy >= 1.2 installed on your system.
INSTALL AS ROOT
> sudo python setup.py install
INSTALL AS USER
You'll first install to a directory of your choice:
$ python setup.py install --install-lib <module_dir> \
--install-scripts <scripts_dir>
This puts the python module in <module_dir>, and the command-line
scripts in <scripts_dir>. The next thing is to tell python where to
look for the python module. This is done by setting the PYTHONPATH
variable to point to <module_dir>. In bash, this looks like:
$ export PYTHONPATH=<module_dir>
However, you'll have to type this every time you open a terminal. To
avoid this, add the export line to the .bashrc file in your home dir.
Enjoy,
Aaron Parsons
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PACKAGE INFO FOR DEVELOPERS
This version of PFITS uses CFITSIO version 3.14, the code for which is
stored in src/cfitsio.