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--- public:install_lofar_centos6.5 [2017-01-09 17:18] – [1. Setup of build environment] added /opt/gcc-4.8.3/lib64 to LD_LIBRARY_PATH Frank Breitling
+++ public:install_lofar_centos6.5 [2017-03-08 15:27] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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-====== Installing LOFAR Software on a CentOS 6.5 (Final) system (cluster Newton of the AIP Potsdam) ======
+====== Installing LOFAR Software on a CentOS 6.5 (Final) System - The Newton Cluster of the AIP Potsdam ======
+This document is evolving and was created by
  --- //[[fbreitling@aip.de|Frank Breitling]] 2015/06/26 18:47//
-I was mainly following the previous installation notes provided by others: \\
+A useful starting point were previous installation notes such as: \\
 http://www.lofar.org/operations/doku.php?id=public:user_software:lofar \\
 http://www.lofar.org/operations/doku.php?id=public:user_software:ubuntu_12_4
-However a few problems occured and had to be solved as described below. \\
+However some additional issues occurred at the Newton cluster and had to be solved as described below. \\
 Ideas and support by **Arno Schoenmakers**, **Ger van Diepen** and **Marcel Loose** were very helpful and highly appreciated. \\
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-=== 1.3 Boost ===
+=== 1.3 Python ===
+To use matplotlib 2 one also needs Python 2.7 or later.
+<file>
+V_PY=2.7.13
+cd ~/local/src/
+wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/$V_PY/Python-$V_PY.tgz
+tar xf Python-$V_PY.tgz
+cd Python-$V_PY
+./configure --prefix=$HOME/local --enable-shared
+time make -j
+make install
+</file>
+=== 1.4 Boost ===
 Also a newer version of [[http://www.boost.org/build/doc/html/bbv2/installation.html | Boost]] is required since AOFlagger v2.8.0 and later:
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 time ./b2 install --prefix=${HOME}/local
 </file>
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 [[https://github.com/casacore/casacore | Casacore]] also requires the CASA data.
 This is for example provided with [[http://casa.nrao.edu/casa_obtaining.shtml | CASA]]. \\
-Here we assume CASA is already installed and $HOME/local/casa is a link to the CASA folder. Then the data is in $HOME/local/casa. \\
+Here we assume CASA is already installed and can be found in the $CASAPATH given below. For convenience this is a link to the CASA folder.
-We will specify this via -DDATA_DIR, otherwise we need a ~/.casarc file with the line: ''measures.directory: $HOME/local/casa/data'' .\\
+Then the data is in $CASAPATH/data. \\
+We will specify this via -DDATA_DIR, otherwise we need a ~/.casarc file with the line: ''measures.directory: $HOME/local/casa/casa/data'' .\\
 ''-DENABLE_TABLELOCKING=NO'' switches off table locking, since read locks could not be acquired from the AIP Lustre file system leading to errors like:
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 mkdir build/casacore
 cd build/casacore
+CASAPATH=$HOME/local/casa/casa
 time cmake ../../casacore -DBUILD_PYTHON=YES -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/local -DUSE_FFTW3=YES -DENABLE_TABLELOCKING=NO \
-  -DUSE_OPENMP=YES -DDATA_DIR=~/local/casa/data -DUSE_HDF5=YES -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$HOME/local
+  -DUSE_OPENMP=YES -DDATA_DIR=$CASAPATH/data -DUSE_HDF5=YES -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$HOME/local
 time make -j
 make install
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    --global-option=-L$HOME/local/lib --install-option=--prefix=$HOME/local
 </file>
 === 3.4 Casarest ===