This is an autoconfed version of the IAU Standards of Fundamental Astronomy C Library. The C source
code has not been modified in any way. The only change is the addition of autoconf files at the
top-level of the directory tree. The 00READ.ME file is the file as distributed with the SOFA
source code. This README.md file is not part of the official SOFA release.
See http://www.iausofa.org for the original SOFA source distribution.
To build the library from a distribution tar ball simply do
./configure
make
make check
make install
You can use --prefix to control the installation directory. SOFA has no dependencies beyond a
C compiler.
There are two branches in the source code repository, vendor is the source tree as released
by the SOFA board and master is the modified tree that includes the autoconf files.
To build from the repository a Starlink-modified autoconf is currently required in the
bootstrap phase to generate the configure script.