Downloading CIAO 3.2

Latest Update: 23 June 2005

CIAO 3.2.1 has been patched to CIAO 3.2.2.

Details on how to apply the patch are available on the platform-specific download pages.

CIAO 3.2 is available for:

• Solaris 2.8
• Redhat Linux 6.2
• Redhat Linux 8
• Mac OS X 10.2.8

To use CIAO you also need to have the Calibration Database (CALDB) installed on your system:

• CALDB 3.1.0 (latest update: 23 June 2005)

Some tool changes and calibration released in CIAO 3.2.2 and CALDB 3.1.0 affect analyses in progress, i.e. certain processing steps should be run again for greater accuracy. The How CIAO 3.2.2 and CALDB 3.1.0 Affect Your Analysis section of the release notes describes those changes, as well as the affected tasks.

Browser Issues

There are known problems with the CIAO download pages in the Mac OS X Safari and Internet Explorer browsers:

• Safari: users of this browser are able to register and download the installation files, but the cookies which store user information are not set properly by the registration page. Since the cookies are not saved, you will be prompted to register again if you wish to download files for more than one platform or return to the site at a later time.

• Internet Explorer: when downloaded, the tarfiles are not saved with the proper filename (e.g. .tar.gz), but with a .cgi extension. If the file is renamed with the correct extension, it will unzip and untar correctly.

If you are working on a Mac, it is recommended that you choose an alternate browser - such as Mozilla Firefox - to avoid these problems.

What You Need to Download

Required files

To install CIAO 3.2 you need the following packages - available from the platform-specific download pages, on the European Mirror Site, or on CD via the Helpdesk - for your machine:

• Binaries: named cxc_bin_<OS name>.tar.gz
• Auxilary: named cxc_aux.tar.gz
• CALDB 3.1.0
• Contributed science scripts

The Installing CIAO 3.2 thread explains in detail how to install each of these software components.

Optional files

There are two optional packages - the source code and the OTS (Off The Shelf) collection of external programs/libraries used by CIAO - that can be installed. These are only needed if you wish to re-compile CIAO yourself.

Users doing spectral analysis (e.g. line indentification) may also be interested in installing the Atomic Database (ATOMDB). The ATOMDB Download page has information on this package.