Readme_GIAnT.md

Notes on installing CalTechs Earthdef on Ubuntu 14

(GIAnT, PyAps, Varres)

http://earthdef.caltech.edu

Register for an account (you will be asked for a password to download with svn)

http://earthdef.caltech.edu/account/register

Download software

cd ~/Software/earthdef
svn co http://earthdef.caltech.edu/svn/giant
svn co http://earthdef.caltech.edu/svn/varres
svn co http://earthdef.caltech.edu/svn/pyaps

Create a Python Environment with necessary dependencies

Some packages need to be downloaded from a non-default repository, so you have to first register it in a ~/.condarc file:

channels:
- defaults
- https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge

Then run:

conda env create -f giant.yml

Create an alias for initializing environment variables and correct python

alias start_giant="source ~/.giant/.giantenv; source activate giant"

where ~/.giant/.giantenv contains:

export GIANT=~/Software/earthdef/giant/GIAnT
export PYAPS=~/Software/earthdef
export VARRES=~/Software/earthdef/varres
export PYTHONPATH=$GIANT:$PYAPS:$VARRES
export PATH=~/Software/earthdef/giant/GIAnT/SCR:$PATH