The current version of STSDAS/TABLES is 3.15 (August 2012).
Before You Begin...
STSDAS runs in the IRAF environment. If you do not already have IRAF installed on your local system, you will need to get and install IRAF before installing STSDAS. If you do not have IRAF, you can retrieve it from the IRAF web site at NOAO.
If you have a Macintosh with OSX 10.5 (Leopard)or 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and an Intel processor, you can obtain a complete IRAF, STSDAS, and STSCI_PYTHON environment by installing the DMG file at the stsci_python download page
STSDAS was built and tested under IRAF 2.14. The binaries also work with either 64 bit or 32 bit IRAF 2.15
Please register your site as an STSDAS user when you install the software.
If you have any problems with the installation or software retrieval, contact the STScI Help Desk: help@stsci.edu
Getting STSDAS And TABLES
This release of STSDAS/TABLES has a simpler install procedure.
- If want only the TABLES binaries, download the file for Linux or Intel Macintosh (OSX 10.5 / Leopard or later).
- If you want STSDAS, TABLES, and STECF, download the file for Linux or Intel Macintosh (OSX 10.5 / Leopard or later).
Extract the tar file that you downloaded with a command like this:
tar zxf stsci_iraf-3.15.linux.tar.gz
All of the tar files contain a directory named stsci_iraf-3.15; change to this directory:
cd stsci_iraf-3.15
Run the install script:
./install_helper
This script will show you the name of your iraf extern.pkg file and several lines of configuration. Copy/paste ALL of these lines into extern.pkg, even if you do not need all of them.
If you do not have write access to hlib$extern.pkg, you can place these lines in your login.cl
If your extern.pkg file already contains definitions for STSDAS, TABLES, or STECF, remove them.
Source Code
There is also a file that contains Source Code Only. This is complete source code for STSDAS, TABLES, and STECF. You would use this if you need to create binaries for a machine other than Linux or Macintosh.
You can find useful information about compiling from source in STSDAS Site Manager's Installation Guide and Reference. (Information about installing from binary distributions is out of date.)
HSTCAL
The new HSTCAL package is also available for download. This software replaces some code distributed as part of STSDAS and does not need IRAF to build or run. This release only contains the calibration software for ACS, but future releases will include calibration software for other instruments.
To install the binaries, download one of Linux or Intel Macintosh (OSX 10.5 / Leopard or later).
Extract the tar file, and add the bin/ directory from the distribution to your PATH:
tar zxf hstcal-1.1.linux.tar.gz
cd hstcal-1.1/bin
pwd
The output of the pwd command will be the directory to add to your PATH.
For csh:
set path = ( /home/me/hstcal-1.1/bin $path )
For sh:
PATH=/home/me/hstcal-1.1/bin:$PATH
export PATH
You can also download Source Code. See the file INSTALL in the distribution for instructions for compiling HSTCAL.