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-====== Available packages on the LOFAR offline clusternodes ======
-This page gives an overview of available packages, other than the 'standard' ones distributed as part of  the Linux distribution, and how to initialize these. See the [[public:lle|Login environment]] page for instructions on activating packages at login time.
-===== Packages =====
-^ Package ^ Description ^ Initialize^ Update frequency ^ Comments ^
-| [[#Casa]] | Browser, viewer | ''use Casa'' | infrequent | NRAO development |
-| [[#GDL]]  | Gnu data language | ''use GDL'' | infrequent | Contains GDL, GSL, PLPLot |
-| grid | | | | |
-| hdf5 | library |  -- | infrequent | Used by other packs, now 1.8.2 |
-| hdf5viewer |  | -- | infrequent | |
-| [[#LofIm|LofIm]] | Lofar Imaging| ''use LofIm'' | daily | [[#LofIm|Follow this link]] |
-| pipeline | | | | |
-| [[#Pythonlibs|Pythonlibs]] | Several useful Python modules | ''use Pythonlibs'' | infrequent | [[#Pythonlibs|Follow this link]] |
-| wcslib | library | -- | infrequent | Used by other packs, now 4.3 |
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-===== Descriptions of Packages =====
-==== Casa ====
-This is the NRAO developped package that provides Graphical interfaces like those available in the old AIPS++ packages. It provides the following useful tools (see directory ''/opt/Casa/bin''):
-  * casabrowser -> A table browser (much like the old glish-based browser)
-  * casaplotms -> A tool to make 2-D plots of data in a MS
-  * casaviewer -> Visualizer
-  * casapy -> Casa's Python interface.
-Extensive documentation can be found [[http://casa.nrao.edu/|on this NRAO-hosted webpage]].
-==== LofIm ====
-The package LofIm (Lofar Imaging) consists of the following previously known subpackages:
-  * casacore
-  * casarest
-  * pyrap
-  * LOFAR
-  * ASKAPsoft
-All these are build every night in a single go, with source code extracted from each package's source repository. Activating the LofIm package ensures that you will have a consistent set of libraries and executables.
-To activate it on commandline use:
-  > use LofIm
-This will activate the version that was build last night. It will add all settings needed to use the subpackages toyour ''PATH'', ''PYTHONPATH'' and ''LD_LIBRARY_PATH'' environment variables.
-As all of the individual subpackages are in a development phase, we **cannot** guarantee that each nightly build is bugfree, or even that is has succeeded. Therefore, we keep a ''buffer'' of previous builds for a week. This ensures that if a nightly build has failed, you can use a (working) previous build. To activate a previous build on commandline use:
-  > use LofIm <day> (e.g., use LofIm Wed)
-If the problem that caused a build to fail has not been solved in a week's time, you will not be able to use the package until it has been fixed. In due time we will implement a system with a release policy, that will enable you to use 'stable' versions of these libraries.
-==== Pythonlibs ====
-We have made available several useful Python modules. These can be activated with a single command:
-  > use Pythonlibs
-(see [[public:lle|this page]] for information on how to activate at login time). The Pythonlibs currently contain:
-  * [[http://numpy.scipy.org/|Numpy]] -> version 1.3.0
-  * [[http://www.scipy.org/|SciPy]] -> version 0.7.1
-  * [[http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/|matplotlib]] -> version 0.99.1.1
-  * [[http://www.stsci.edu/resources/software_hardware/pyfits|PyFits]] -> version 2.2.2
-  * [[http://rhodesmill.org/pyephem/|PyEphem]] -> version 3.7.3.4
-  * [[http://pyfftw.berlios.de/|PyFFTW]] -> version 0.2
-  * [[http://www.pytables.org/|PyTables]] -> version 2.1.2
-  * [[http://h5py.alfven.org/|H5Py]] -> Version 1.2.1