Manually Installing CIAO 4.16
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CIAO 4.17 Science Threads
Overview
Synopsis:
Manually installing CIAO from individual tar files is no longer supported. CIAO can only be installed using a conda compatible package management tool such as anaconda, miniconda, microconda. Alternatively CIAO can be installed using the ciao-install script which will install conda and the CIAO packages.
Related Links:
- Installing CIAO 4.16 using the ciao-install script: use the ciao-install tool to automate the installation of CIAO and the CALDB
- Installing CIAO 4.16 using conda: use the conda package management tool to install CIAO.
Last Update: 29 Nov 2023 - Updated for CIAO 4.16
History
| 12 Aug 2005 | original version, new for CIAO 3.2.2 |
| 14 Nov 2005 | updated for CIAO 3.3: added Linux8 package: renaming libgcc_s.so.1 and Mac OS X 10.2: Using ds9 v3.0.3 notes. |
| 12 Jan 2006 | updated to include CIAO 3.3.0.1 patch instructions |
| 01 Dec 2006 | updated for CIAO 3.4 and CALDB 3.3.0 |
| 29 Jan 2007 | updated to include CIAO 3.4.1[.1] patch instructions |
| 14 Dec 2007 | updated for CIAO 4.0: tarfile creates a directory into which it unpacks; CIAO is shipped with gzip support enabled (no longer need to specify an option in the configure step); smoke tests are included in the AUX tarfile; CALDB 3.4.2 is used |
| 21 Feb 2008 | updated to include CIAO 4.0.1 patch instructions |
| 26 Feb 2008 | consistently use "/soft" as the installation directory |
| 05 Mar 2008 | renamed "Reindexing the Help Files" section to "Create the Help File Indices" |
| 10 Mar 2008 | system requirements moved to a separate page; "Create the Help File Indices" should be "Create the Help File Indexes"; CIAO does not need to be installed by the root user; "ahelp -r" must be run as user who owns installation; Mac users need to add xrdb to the PATH; FC7 expected smoke test failure |
| 16 Apr 2008 | updated to include CIAO 4.0.2 patch instructions; location of CIAO alias updated for bash users |
| 08 Sep 2008 | corrected ChIPS test number in Fedora Core 7 smoke test error (test 3 prints the error, not test 5) |
| 15 Dec 2008 | updated for CIAO 4.1: CALDB 4.1.0 is used, new supported platform (FC8 instead of FC7); added Known Smoke Test Issues section; removed the "setting xrdb path" section (needed for .CXCdefaults file, which the GUIs no longer use) |
| 15 Jan 2009 | updated to include CIAO 4.1.1 patch instructions; include full alias syntax in CIAO alias section; added bash syntax in Run the Smoke Tests section |
| 29 Jan 2009 | added "Installing CIAO as root user" information to Choose a CIAO installation directory section |
| 20 Apr 2009 | updated to include CIAO 4.1.2 patch instructions; CALDB version updated to 4.1.2; added the test the CALDB installation step; there is a new tool - ciao-install - that automates the installation of CIAO and CALDB |
| 15 Dec 2009 | updated for the CIAO 4.2 release: CALDB 4.2, new supported platforms, updates to filenames, "unzip the files" step replaced by using the "z" option to gtar. The scripts package unpacks from the same level as CIAO software. |
| 30 Dec 2009 | Added Snow Leopard workaround |
| 22 Feb 2010 | tarfiles are downloaded with wget instead of ciao-install |
| 16 Mar 2010 | Added Downloading the CALDB: FTP passive mode note |
| 05 Apr 2010 | updated for CALDB 4.2.1: version number of CALDB main and ACIS background tarfiles |
| 19 Apr 2010 | updated for CALDB 4.2.2: version number of CALDB main and ACIS background tarfiles |
| 27 Sep 2010 | updated for CALDB 4.3.1: version number of CALDB main |
| 15 Dec 2010 | updated for the CIAO 4.3 and CALDB 4.4.1 releases: minor changes to screen output |
| 15 Dec 2011 | reviewed for the CIAO 4.4 and CALDB 4.4.7 releases: minor changes to screen output |
| 15 Jun 2012 | reviewed for the CIAO 4.4.1 and CALDB 4.4.10 releases: minor changes to screen output |
| 31 Jul 2012 | updated to use CALDB 4.5.1 |
| 15 Oct 2012 | updated to use CALDB 4.5.3 |
| 03 Dec 2012 | Review for CIAO 4.5; updated INSTALL_SOURCE and _BINARY; |
| 05 Mar 2013 | updated to use CALDB 4.5.6 |
| 11 Jun 2013 | updated to use CALDB 4.5.7 and contrib 3 |
| 30 Jul 2013 | updated to use contrib 4 |
| 19 Aug 2013 | updated to use CALDB 4.5.8 |
| 18 Oct 2013 | updated to use contrib 5 |
| 25 Nov 2013 | Reviewed for CIAO 4.6. Added new section for ciao-python-fix script. |
| 26 Mar 2014 | updated for CalDB 4.6.1, Sherpa patch, and contrib 4.6.3 |
| 09 Apr 2014 | updated for CalDB 4.6.1.1, Sherpa patch, and contrib 4.6.4 |
| 16 Jun 2014 | updated to use contrib 4.6.5 |
| 09 Jul 2014 | updated to use CALDB 4.6.2 |
| 29 Aug 2014 | updated to use CALDB 4.6.3 |
| 24 Sep 2014 | updated to use contrib 4.6.6 |
| 04 Nov 2014 | updated to use contrib 4.6.7 |
| 11 Dec 2014 | Updated for CIAO 4.7. Added information about manually running an individual smoke test. |
| 23 Feb 2015 | updated to use CALDB 4.6.7 |
| 07 Apr 2015 | updated to use contrib 4.7.2 |
| 01 Jul 2015 | updated to use CALDB 4.6.8 and contrib 4.7.3 |
| 23 Sep 2015 | updated to use CALDB 4.6.9 and contrib 4.7.4 |
| 15 Dec 2015 | Updated for CIAO 4.8 |
| 27 Jan 2016 | updated to use contrib 4.8.2 |
| 09 Feb 2016 | updated to CIAO 4.8.1 patch |
| 29 Feb 2016 | updated to note about the CIAO 4.8.2 patch for OSX El Capitan. |
| 25 Mar 2016 | updated to use CALDB 4.7.1 |
| 13 Apr 2016 | updated to use contrib 4.8.3 |
| 27 May 2016 | updated to use CALDB 4.7.2 |
| 03 Oct 2016 | updated to use contrib 4.8.4 |
| 14 Dec 2016 | updated for CIAO 4.9, CALDB 4.7.3, and contrib 4.9.1. |
| 12 Apr 2017 | updated to use contrib 4.9.2 |
| 04 May 2017 | updated to use CALDB 4.7.4 |
| 24 May 2017 | updated to use contrib 4.9.3 |
| 20 Jul 2017 | updated to use CALDB 4.7.5.1 and contrib 4.9.4 |
| 18 Aug 2017 | updated to use CALDB 4.7.6 |
| 14 Dec 2017 | updated to use CALDB 4.7.7 |
| 09 Apr 2018 | Updated for CIAO 4.10. |
| 15 May 2018 | updated to use contrib 4.10.2 |
| 28 Jun 2018 | updated to use CALDB 4.7.9 |
| 11 Sep 2018 | updated to use CALDB 4.8.0 |
| 25 Oct 2018 | updated to use CALDB 4.8.1 |
| 07 Nov 2018 | updated to use contrib 4.10.3 |
| 20 Feb 2019 | Misc. cleanup. |
| 29 Apr 2019 | updated to use contrib 4.11.2 |
| 23 May 2019 | updated to use contrib 4.11.3 and CALDB 4.8.3 |
| 07 Aug 2019 | updated to use contrib 4.11.4 |
| 03 Sep 2019 | updated to use CALDB 4.8.4 |
| 11 Dec 2019 | CIAO 4.12 updates. |
| 24 Feb 2020 | Updated to use https://cxc locations for CIAO-4.12 files. |
| 10 Apr 2020 | updated to use CALDB 4.9.1 and contrib 4.12.2 |
| 16 Dec 2020 | updated for CIAO 4.13, caldb 4.9.4, contrib 4.13.0 |
| 29 Apr 2021 | updated for CalDB 4.9.5 and contrib 4.13.1 |
| 22 Nov 2021 | Updated for CIAO 4.14. |
| 24 Mar 2022 | Updated for CalDB 4.9.7. |
| 15 Nov 2022 | Updated for CalDB 4.10.2 and contrib 4.14.4. |
| 27 Jan 2023 | Updated for CIAO 4.15.1 patch. |
| 29 Nov 2023 | Updated for CIAO 4.16 |