Preparation for Ubuntu
Ubuntu 11.04
Packages to install
For a freshly installed system, the following extra packages need to be
installed using Ubuntu's package manager:
- tcsh
- g++ (may already be present)
- gfortran
- python2.7-dev
- python-matplotlib (will also install python-numpy)
- python-vtk (will also install libvtk5.4)
- libvtk5-dev
- libncurses5-dev
- xaw3dg-dev (will also install xaw3dg)
- libxaw7-dev
- python-pyfits
- python-qt4
For VTK it is necessary to add the following symbolic link:
ln -s /usr/include/vtk-5.4 /usr/include/vtk
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and 10.10
Packages to install
For a freshly installed system, the following extra packages need to be
installed using Ubuntu's package manager:
- tcsh
- g++
- gfortran
- python2.6-dev
- python-matplotlib (will also install python-numpy)
- python-vtk (will also install libvtk5.2)
- libvtk5-dev
- libncurses5-dev
- xaw3dg-dev (will also install xaw3dg)
- libxaw7-dev
- python-pyfits (old version 1.3; it may be better to obtain a new version
from
http://www.stsci.edu/resources/software_hardware/pyfits)
- python-qt4
For VTK it is necessary to add the following symbolic link:
ln -s /usr/include/vtk-5.2 /usr/include/vtk
April 30, 2011
