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| Scisoft is a collection of astronomical software utilities from [[http://www.eso.org/sci/software/scisoft/|ESO]]. | Scisoft is a collection of astronomical software utilities from [[http://www.eso.org/sci/software/scisoft/|ESO]]. |
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| We have two options to access it, unfortunately each has some caveats. | We have two options to access it |
| * scisoft module | * scisoft module |
| * direct access | * direct access |
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| The main caveat is that initializing scisoft modifies your environment extensively, and can cause problems with many other programs. For this reason we no longer attempt to initialize it automatically for you during login, and we recommend you don't blindly do so yourself in your own login scripts. | Unfortunately each has some caveats. The main one is that initializing scisoft modifies your environment extensively, and can cause problems with many other programs. For this reason we no longer attempt to initialize it automatically for you during login, and we recommend you don't blindly do so yourself in your own login scripts. |
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| ===== scisoft module ===== | ===== scisoft module ===== |
| Scisoft should be directly available on most systems under ''/scisoft'' (either locally or via symbolic link). | Scisoft should be directly available on most systems under ''/scisoft'' (either locally or via symbolic link). |
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| users of the "bash" shell should use: | To initialize it, users of the "bash" shell can use: |
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| . /scisoft/bin/Setup.bash | ''. /scisoft/bin/Setup.bash'' |
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| "csh" and "tcsh" users should invoke the command: | "csh" and "tcsh" users should invoke the command: |
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| source /scisoft/bin/Setup.csh | ''source /scisoft/bin/Setup.csh'' |
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| <note warning>Be aware that if you add these to your login scripts, it may have adverse effects on other programs. If you see starge effects, your first action should be to remove the scisoft setup and retry. | <note warning>Be aware that if you add these to your login scripts, it may have adverse effects on other programs. If you see strange effects, your first action should be to remove the scisoft setup and retry. |
| </note> | </note> |