This is the latest version of cfitsio as of the date this source code
package was assembled.  

The compiled library is for recent 64-bit systems.  Use "build_cfitsio" to
update it for yours. 

More recent versions of cfitsio may be available here:

http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/

The only change we have made is the directory naming and the soft link that
simplifies installation.

Run install_cfitsio to install the pre-built libary on your system.  The 64-bit library
will be copied to /usr/local/lib64 and the include files will be in
/usr/local/include.

Run build_cfitsio to compile the library if needed.  This script does not
install it system wide. The library and include files are in lib64 and include
in this directory.

The library is required by indiccd and xmccd1, and it is also used by other
utilities for processing images (e.g.  in our archival "C" Alsvid package).  
The Makefiles in for xmccd will default to standard system installation
locations, and may need to be modified if compilation fails to find the library
and the include files, or you may copy libraries and include files here to other
locations.

An example is that Ubuntu  may search for libcfitsio.a in

/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu

and a solution is to use the libcfitsio built here and link it to that
directory:

cd lib64
ln -s libcfitsio.a /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/

In that case, check that the include files are also available in a system
directory such as /usr/include.


An advantage in keeping everything in "/usr/local/", as we do by default here,
is that when you upgrade your operating system, the software you have built 
to run your camera will not be modified.





 


