https://github.com/timstaley/ansible-casalibs-src

Ansible role supplying the casacore libraries, built from source.
https://github.com/timstaley/ansible-casalibs-src

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Ansible role supplying the casacore libraries, built from source.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/timstaley/ansible-casalibs-src
• Owner: timstaley
• Created: 2015-06-30T23:03:36.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2016-11-17T17:27:54.000Z (about 8 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-03-22T11:11:28.204Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Topics: ansible, ansible-role, casacore, radio-astronomy
• Language: Ruby
• Homepage:
• Size: 29.3 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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casalibs-src

=============

An [Ansible](http://docs.ansible.com/) [role](https://galaxy.ansible.com/intro)

supplying a built-from-source installation of 

[casacore](https://github.com/casacore/casacore),

the [python-casacore](https://github.com/casacore/python-casacore) Python bindings,

and optionally the

[casarest](https://svn.astron.nl/viewvc/casarest?view=revision&revision=7395)

library.

This is useful if you want to:

- Install casacore / python-casacore from time-to-time without having to remember

  all the fine details of the install process.

- Integrate casacore installation into a larger Ansible-powered install process.

- Check that a particular version of casacore builds OK for your target system -

  tweak the Vagrantfile parameters accordingly and then simply `vagrant up`.

  (*In a hurry?* - fire up an EC2 instance with e.g. 36 cores,

   configure an Ansible

   [inventory](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro_inventory.html)

   to point at the instance, then run

   [tests/test-casalibs-src-role.yml](tests/test-casalibs-src-role.yml)

   using the `ansible-playbook` command.)

The scripts go through all the required steps of:

- Installing system packages

- Downloading the source repositories and CASA measures data

- Configuring CMake builds with the required paths,

- Running the casacore build

- Running a python-casacore install-and-build from PyPI with the corresponding

  casacore library path specified.

The final product is a folder containing versioned builds and simple shell

scripts to add them to your $PATH / $PYTHONPATH, e.g.:

    ~$ ls /opt/casalibs/ -lh

    drwxrwxr-x 5 vagrant vagrant 4.0K Mar 23 13:08 casacore-2.0.1

    -rw-rw-r-- 1 vagrant vagrant   62 Mar 23 13:10 init-casabinaries-2.0.1.sh

    lrwxrwxrwx 1 vagrant vagrant   40 Mar 23 13:10 init-casabinaries.sh -> /opt/casalibs/init-casabinaries-2.0.1.sh

    -rw-rw-r-- 1 vagrant vagrant  337 Mar 23 13:10 init-casalibs-2.0.1.sh

    lrwxrwxrwx 1 vagrant vagrant   36 Mar 23 13:10 init-casalibs.sh -> /opt/casalibs/init-casalibs-2.0.1.sh

    drwxrwxr-x 5 vagrant vagrant 4.0K Mar 23 13:10 pycasacore-2.0.0_with-core-2.0.1_packagedir

Only tested with Ubuntu, currently.

Note that if you're using a supported distribution (e.g. Ubuntu 14.04)

you might prefer to use the ready-made apt-packages available from 

https://launchpad.net/~radio-astro/+archive/ubuntu/main.

To Do

-------

* Finish up role-metadata, add travis-testing.

Requirements

--------------

Assumes presence of git and pip on the machine.

(For the Vagrant test-vm these basics are installed from

[tests/base.yml](tests/base.yml).)

Role Variables

--------------

Key variables are:

- "repo_dir": All repositories are checked out under `{{ repo_dir }}/casalibs`

- "default_install_prefix": Libraries are built under `{{ default_install_prefix }}/casalibs`

- "casacore_github_version": Which casacore version-tag to checkout from github.

- "python_casacore_version": Which python-casacore version-tag to checkout from github.

See [defaults/main.yml](defaults/main.yml) and [vars/main.yml](vars/main.yml)

for default values and full details.

Example Playbook

----------------

See [tests/test-casalibs-src-role.yml](tests/test-casalibs-src-role.yml).

License

-------

BSD

Author

------------------

[Tim Staley](https://github.com/timstaley)