PyFITS v2.2.2 (12 October 2009) is the current stable release. All of the updates in this release were to the numpy version only. Users who have been using PyFITS with numarray and who are not ready to switch over to numpy can use the numarray version. But none of the new features and bug fixes in v2.2.2 are available. Support for numarray at STScI is winding down, so we recommend that users switch over to numpy as soon as it is convenient. See the numpy home page for more details.

Changes from the previous version of PyFITS are described in the release notes. PyFITS depends on the following support software:

Installing PyFITS

PyFITS 2.2.2 is distributed as a Python distutils module. Installation simply involves unpacking the package and executing 

% python setup.py install

to install it in Python's site-packages directory. Alternatively the command 

%python setup.py install --prefix="/destination/directory/"

will install PyFITS in an arbitrary tree. Once numpy or numarray has been installed, then PyFITS should be available for use under Python.

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PyFITS Version 2.2.2 Current stable release
PyFITS Version 2.2.2 Current stable Windows release

PyFITS v2.2.2 requires the use of NUMPY or Numarray

Numarray can be downloaded from the numarray development site.

NUMPY can be downloaded from the Scipy development site


Questions? Contact help@stsci.edu