The KIPAC software collection resides in AFS space at SLAC:

/afs/slac.stanford.edu/g/ki/software/

Packages are available for multiple architectures, generally: 32-bit RHEL3 ("i386_linux24", should also work for 32-bit RHEL4, "i386_linux26"); and 64-bit RHEL4 ("amd64_linux26"). Where specific 64-bit binaries are not provided, the 32-bit versions usually work. Some packages reside in /afs/slac/g/ki/ - these are described separately.

The following table lists the available packages. Software installed by individual users is described here.

Package	Versions	Notes
Aladin	3.600, 3.7	xray
APT	16.0.2, 17.0.2	xray
ATLAS	3.8.2
ATOMDB	1.3.1	xray
calcarf and corr_tgain		xray
cdsclient	3.01
CFITSIO	3.006, 3.020, 3.030, 3.060, 3.080	xray
Chandra CALDB	3.1.0, 3.2.1, 3.2.4, 3.3.0.1, 3.4.0, 3.4.1, 3.4.2, 3.4.3, 3.4.5	xray
Chaser		xray
CHIANTI	5.2	xray
CIAO	3.2.2, 3.3.0.1, 3.4, 4.0b1, 4.0b2. 4.0b3, 4.0.1	xray. Default 4.0.1.
Cloudy	2005_07_06, 2006_02a	xray
Dexter		xray
DS9	various
E3D	1.3.7
E3D-LCL I/O Library	1.6
ESO Eclipse	5.0
FFTW	2.1.5, 3.0.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2	xray
Funtools	1.3.0b22, 1.30b24, 1.4.0	xray
GDL	0.9pre2	xray
Grace	5.1.19, 5.1.20, 5.1.21	xray
HDF5	1.6.5, 1.6.6, 1.8.0
HEALPix	2.01	xray
HEAsoft	6.0.4, 6.0.6, 6.1, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.2, 6.3, 6.3.1, 6.3.2, 6.4, 6.4.1, 6.5	xray. "xspec" = v11, "xspec12" = v12
IDL	6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4. 7.0
Imcat	041903
IRAF	2.12.2
Lenstool	6.5
Maki	Suzaku cycle 1, 2	xray
MARX	4.2.1, 4.3.0	xray
Mathematica	5.0, 5.1, 5.2	executable runs directly out of afs space, on laptops or standalone systems, use sunlics3 as license server
MODTRAN4	3 Rev 1
mysql	5.0.37	client, server, and libs suitable for hosting or connecting to mysql
PGPLOT	5.2
PIMMS	3.7a2, 3.8a2, 3.9, 3.9a, 3.9f
PLplot	5.6.1, 5.8.0, 5.9.0
plusFORT	6.50	xray
Profit	1.0, 2.0
python	2.5.1	python with scipy, numpy, matplotlib and others
SCAMP	1.4.6
SExtractor	2.5.0
SkyCat	3.0	xray
SkyView	2.1, 2.4
SM	2.4.26
Starlink software collection	humu	See also original Starlink
Suzaku background files: blank sky and night Earth	0611, 061018, 20071101, 20071127	xray
Suzaku CALDB	20070410, 20070713, 20070914, 20071101, 20071204, 20080114, 20080201, 20080401, 20080618, 20080709	xray
Suzaku proposal response files: XIS and HXD	cycle2, cycle3	xray
SWarp	2.16.4, 2.17.1
Veusz	0.10	xray
Viewing	2.2, 3.1, 3.2	xray
WCSLIB	4.3	xray
WCSTools	3.6.4, 3.6.6, 3.6.8, 3.7.3	xray
XMM CCF		xray
XMM ESAS	20060403, 20070531	xray
XMM images script	20070716	In sas/images directory
XMM SAS	6.1.0, 6.5.0, 7.0.0, 7.1.0 (20071128 patches), 7.1.2, 8.0.0	xray
XMM SciSim	4.0.4	xray. CCF files in <softdir>/caldb/xmm/scisim/
XSA	2.8.3, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0	xray
Yaxx	20060515 (CIAO 3.3), 0.918 (CIAO 3.4)	xray
zhtools	3.0, 3.0.4	xray

IDL Libraries

<softdir>/idl_pro/

Package	Version	Notes
ACIS CTI Corrector	1.47	xray
ACIS Extract	3.96	xray
ATOMDB	2.0.0	xray
IDL Astronomy User's Library		xray
ISAP (ISO Spectral Analysis Package)	2.1	xray
JHU/APL/S1R library	2004 Aug 05	xray
Markwardt IDL Library	2005 Dec 29	xray
Ptak ASCA routines		xray
RED	1.0
RGB	2003 Nov 19
ROSAT		xray
TARA (Tools for ACIS Review and Analysis)	2005 Oct 20	xray
TeXtoIDL	2.1.2	xray
Wavelet Workbench		xray
Yaqoob ASCA routines		xray

IRAF Packages

<softdir>/iraf/extern/

Package	Version	Notes
ARED	2.1
Color	4
CTIO	22 Feb 94
Digiphotx	Aug 91
FITSutil	2005_03_11
Gemini	1.9
Gmisc (Miscellaneous Gemini tasks)	2004_04_14
Immatchx	17 Oct 2001
Mfilters	28 Nov 1995
Mscred (CCD Mosaic Reduction)	4.8
Nmisc (NOAO Miscallenous tasks)	2003_05_06
STSDAS (Space Telescope Science Data Analysis System)	3.5
TABLES	3.5
WCStools	3.6.4	ftp

/afs/slac/g/ki packages

See separate page.

/afs/slac/g/ki/software/ Installation Scheme

See the README.software file in the software/ directory for more detailed notes.

The top-level install directory for a given release of a particular package is <softdir>/package/version/. The source files (e.g. tar.gz) go in a /package/version/src/ sub-directory. The installed package goes in /package/version/arch/, where "arch" is the (first) output of fs sysname, eg "i386_linux24". The "arch" directory will often contain bin/, lib/ etc sub-directories. The "arch" component can be omitted for multi-platform executables (eg java).

If a package provides only a small number (e.g. one or two) of files that are of direct use to users, add appropriate symlinks in local/bin, etc. Otherwise, create a startup file that modifies PATH (etc) in the appropriate way (see etc/profile.xray for examples). No binaries should be installed in local/ directly, because this directory is shared by multiple architectures. Instead, if a package is too small to merit a separate directory, install into e.g. i386_linux24/ and make symlinks in local/.

Comments on "xray" packages

To setup all the "xray" software, you can source the setup file:

tcsh> source /afs/slac.stanford.edu/g/ki/software/etc/csh.login.xray

or

bash> source /afs/slac.stanford.edu/g/ki/software/etc/profile.xray

Commands like xspec should now work.

To have the software automatically available in every login bash shell, add the following to your ~/.bash_profile:

file=/afs/slac.stanford.edu/g/ki/software/etc/profile.xray
[ -r $file ] && . $file
unset file

The equivalent for tcsh is to add to ~/.login:

set file=/afs/slac.stanford.edu/g/ki/software/etc/csh.login.xray
if ( -r "$file" ) source $file
unset file

The bash version has more functionality (and better support) than the tcsh version. Some reasons not to use tcsh.

The default login shell at SLAC is tcsh. An easy way to switch to bash instead is to add:

exec /bin/bash --login

to the end of your ~/.login file. This means that whenever you start a login tcsh, it will switch to bash.

Scripts

If you have problems running batch jobs, one thing to try is creating a wrapper for your job to ensure the software is setup, ie:

#!/bin/bash

source /afs/slac.stanford.edu/g/ki/software/etc/profile.xray

...do stuff...

To avoid problems, csh scripts should start with:

#!/bin/tcsh -f

The -f option causes tcsh to ignore ~/.tcshrc.

~/.xrayrc Configuration File

Note - this only works in the bash shell.

The ~/.xrayrc file allows you to choose versions of some packages (currently: ciao, sas, heasoft) that are different to the system default (e.g. if the system default is updated and you want to continue using an old version). It should have the following format:

# comments
heasoft 6.0.2
ciao 3.2.2

Of course, you can only choose from the versions installed. Use "none" or "null" to skip loading of a package.

Switching Between Package Versions

Note - this only works in the bash shell.

The commands:

xray_heasoft_switch 6.0.2|6.0.3|6.0.4
xray_caldb_switch 3.1.0|3.2.1|3.2.4
xray_ciao_switch 3.2.2|3.3
xray_sas_switch 6.1.0|6.5.0

can be used in the bash shell to switch between different versions of HEASOFT etc.