You can install the Fermi Science Tools using either a source distribution or using a precompiled binary. The preferred method is to use the binary distribution. If you are unsure which distribution to select contact your system administrator. On a unix command line you can find your machine type with the command
uname -m
and you should see something like i686, x86_64, or powerpc.
To determine the version of libc you can try
ls /lib/libc-*
and you should see something like
/lib/libc-2.5.so
where the 2.5 is the libc version.
Please read the release notes.
Current software version v9r23p1, released May 25, 2011.
We have binary distributions for:
Instructions for installing the tools from the binary tarfile are here
The package with the source distribution is here.
Instructions for installing the tools from the source tarfile are here
Errors and Bug Reports
Before submitting any bug reports please read the Known Bugs report for a listing of bugs that have been reported and are being worked on. If your problem is not covered then please submit a bug report via the FSSC helpdesk.
Note: You can now setup the FTOOLS using your usual startup scripts.
Useful Auxiliary files can be found here
This list gives the systems that the HEADAS distribution of the Fermi ScienceTools have been successfully built and tested on and gives the Release (Code Name), Kernel Version, GCC Version, and Architecture.
This list gives the systems that the HEADAS distribution of the Fermi ScienceTools have been successfully tested on (but not built) and gives the Release (Code Name), Kernel Version, GCC Version, and Architecture.
The SAE will not run on the following systems. We suggest installing and running a Virtual Machine of one of the above distributions.