CIAO-Lib-Param

CIAO::Lib::Param is a Perl interface to the parameter library (cxcparam) shipped with the Chandra Interactive Analysis of Observations (CIAO) software package. It implements an interace to IRAF (Image Reduction and Analysis Facility) style parameter files.

INSTALLATION

This module can use either the cxcparam library in the CIAO distribution, or a standalone version (see RESOURCES). Several scenarios are possible, some of which require preliminary steps before issuing the standard commands:

To compile against the CIAO library, ensure that you are in the CIAO environment (i.e. type "ciao" or whatever alias you have set up).
If you are using the standalone library, and pkg-config is available on your system, no further preliminary steps are required.
If all else fails, try specifying the following environmental variables:

        CXCPARAM_LIBS    the link flags required for the library
        CXCPARAM_INCS    the C preprocessor flags required to find the
                         header files
        CXCPARAM_DEFS    any additional compile definitions.

and then proceed with the standard steps:

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

DEPENDENCIES

Without the cxcparam library (see RESOURCES), this module is nigh on to useless. This module requires this additional Perl module:

File::Path

COMPATIBILITY

This module has been tested against the CIAO 3.2.1 cxcparam library on the following systems:

32bit Solaris 2.8

      32bit Linux Debian sarge
      32bit Linux Fedora Core 2,4,6
      32bit Linux RedHat Enterprise 4

      64bit Linux Fedora Core 3,4,6
      64bit Linux Debian etch

RESOURCES

The official cxcparam library is distributed as part of CIAO at

http://asc.harvard.edu/ciao/

An unofficial standalone package is available at

http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~dj/export/

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

This code is released under the GNU General Public License. You may find a copy at <http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.html>.