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+ | ====== Sfinx environment at the Sterrewacht and Lorentz Institute ====== | ||
+ | To facilitate running a wide variety of software, we provide all users with the '' | ||
+ | Part of this versatility is implemented through a set of databases: [[sfinx_syscap|Syscap]] (containing a list of software, their location and special options) and [[sfinx_envcap|Envcap]] (containing environment settings). | ||
+ | ===== Installation ===== | ||
+ | To install the Sfinx environment on your account, run | ||
+ | / | ||
+ | This will install all the setup files (and if old files existed, these will be renamed with a '' | ||
+ | Most importantly, | ||
+ | Feel free to modify those files, but be careful not to overwrite them or replace the environment setup altogether. It is also possible to leave our default files untouched, and put your own customizations in '' | ||
+ | Also be careful when creating additional files. E.g., if you create a file named '' | ||
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+ | ===== Application startup scripts ===== | ||
+ | Many applications are available on the ''/ | ||
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+ | More information: | ||
+ | ===== Environment modules ===== | ||
+ | A major part of the Sfinx setup, are the environment modules. These are configurations to modify the shell' | ||
+ | See '' | ||
+ | module avail | ||
+ | To load a module (or the version marked default if multiple versions exist), use: | ||
+ | module load packagename | ||
+ | A loaded module can be unloaded as well using '' | ||
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+ | More information: | ||
+ | ===== Packages ===== | ||
+ | For some software, the environment module alone is not sufficient. In these cases, a '' | ||
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+ | This is currently needed for: //iraf(*), miriad, newstar, scisoft, starlink// | ||
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+ | (*) For iraf, such an initialization is only needed to compile your own iraf tasks. To run iraf, no special setup | ||
+ | is needed, so a casual iraf user can just use '' | ||
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+ | More information: |