The ESO Recipe Flexible Execution Workbench
Custom installation instructions
This page includes instructions for Reflex installation. The only prerequisites are that ESO Scisoft VI and Java 1.5 SDK including Java Runtime Environment (or later) are installed. Instructions for installing ESO Scisoft and Java are not given. Root access is not required, and all software will be installed any directory where user have a write access and sufficient disc space available.
Required hardware for Reflex
- A modern Linux workstation with at least 1 GB memory and sufficient disk space for data
Supported Operating systems:
- ESO Fedora Core 3/4/5/6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Ubuntu Linux
- Mac OSX intel */**
- Mac OSX Power PC *
Required software for Reflex
- Java 1.5 SDK including Java Runtime Environment (or later) is required.
- One or both of the following:
- FORS kit 2.0 - includes FORS recipes version 3.1.7, CPL 4.0 and EsoRex
- AMBER kit 2.4.1 - includes AMBER recipes version 2.4.1, CPL 4.0 and EsoRex
- CPL 4.0 - included in FORS KIT 2.0 and AMBER kit 2.4.1
- EsoRex-3.6.5 - included in FORS KIT 2.0 and AMBER kit 2.4.1
- ESO Scisoft VI - includes Python with required modules for interactive tools
- Graphviz
- Optional (but strongly recommended) packages
- DS9 viewer - included in ESO Scisoft VI
- XPA Messaging system - included in ESO Scisoft VI
- FV for TFITS file viewing - included in ESO Scisoft VI
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