Mac - OSX Mountain Lion

[Last updated 17/07/2014]

This guide takes you through the necessary steps required to install software for pulsar data analysis on a Mac running the Mountain Lion OS. Please note that for installation to be successful, the software should be installed in the order described on this page.

Contents:

Define some environmental variables

Add the following lines to your .bash_profile file (if it doesn't exist, create it):

# Path to the pulsar software installation directory eg:
export ASTROSOFT=/Users/{user}/pulsar_software

# PSRCAT
export PSRCAT_RUNDIR=$ASTROSOFT/psrcat_tar
export PSRCAT_FILE=$ASTROSOFT/psrcat_tar/psrcat.db

# Tempo
export TEMPO=$ASTROSOFT/tempo

# Tempo2
export TEMPO2=$ASTROSOFT/tempo2/T2runtime

# PGPLOT
export PGPLOT_DIR=/usr/local/Cellar/pgplot
export PGPLOT_DEV=/xwindow

# PRESTO
export PRESTO=$ASTROSOFT/presto

# DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:$ASTROSOFT/lib:$PRESTO/lib

# PATH
# Some Presto executables match sigproc executables so keep separate -
# all other executables are found in $ASTROSOFT/bin
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/git/bin:$ASTROSOFT/bin:$PRESTO/bin

Then reload your .bash_profile file and check changes are taken up:

source ~/.bash_profile
echo $ASTROSOFT
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Install some dependencies

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Build

PSRCAT

cd psrcat_tar
source makeit

Copy psrcat executable to $ASTROSOFT/bin:

$ cp psrcat $ASTROSOFT/bin

TEMPO

cd tempo
./prepare
./configure F77=gfortran --prefix=$ASTROSOFT
make
make install
make clean

TEMPO2

cd tempo2
./bootstrap
./configure F77=gfortran --prefix=$ASTROSOFT
make && make install
make plugins && make plugins-install
make clean

PSRCHIVE

cd psrchive
./bootstrap
./configure F77=gfortran --prefix=$ASTROSOFT --enable-shared
make
make install
make clean

SIGPROC

cd ../sigproc-{version}
./configure

Enter eg. at prompt to set the default path of the executables.

Edit makefile.darwin with the following:

a) Ensure the PGPLOT libraries in the LPGPLOT line are in the following order, and add -lpng to enable png output from PGPLOT:

-lcpgplot -lpgplot -lpng

c) Add the following line defining the fortran compiler:

FC = gfortran -ffixed-line-length-none

d) Uncomment LFITS and LFFTW and edit paths to:

LFITS = -L/path/to/lib/ -lcfitsio
LFFTW = -L/path/to/lib/ -lfftw3 -lfftw3f

Remove the backslash and quote from dosearch.f (line 265):

Change from:

write(llog,*) 'DB\'s slow-but-simple harmonic summing routine'

to:

write(llog,*) 'DBs slow-but-simple harmonic summing routine'

Save the file and compile it:

make
make quickplot

SIGPROC (Mike Keith's version)

cd sigproc
./bootstrap
./configure --prefix=$ASTROSOFT/sigproc --with-cfitsio-dir=$SOFTWARE_DIR --with-fftw-dir=$ASTROSOFT F77=gfortran
make
make install
make clean

PRESTO v1 (old version)

cd presto/src

Edit Makefile as follows:

a) Define the OS type - uncomment 'OSX' and comment out 'Linux'

b) Define path to LOCDIR:

LOCDIR = $(ASTROSOFT)

c) Edit path to FFT lib directories:

FFTLIBDIR = -L$(LOCDIR)/lib

d) Edit path to glib include directories (line 46) eg:

OTHERINCDIR = -I/usr/local/Cellar/glib/2.32.3/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/local/Cellar/glib/2.32.3/lib/glib-2.0/include

e) Edit path to 'other' lib directories (line 48):

OTHERLIBDIR = -L$(LOCDIR)/lib

f) Check fortran compiler is set to gfortran on line 61 (if PGPLOT was compiled with gfortran):

FC = gfortran

Continue the build:

make makewisdom
make prep
make
make clean

PRESTO v2 (latest version)

cd presto/src

Edit Makefile as follows:

a) Define paths to fftw and cfitsio includes and libs

FFTINC = -I$(ASTROSOFT)/include
FFTLINK = -L$(ASTROSOFT)/lib -lfftw3f
CFITSIOINC = -I$(ASTROSOFT)/include
CFITSIOLINK = -L$(ASTROSOFT)/lib -lcfitsio

b) Add -lm flag to CFLAGS

CFLAGS = -I$(PRESTO)/include $(GLIBINC) $(CFITSIOINC) $(PGPLOTINC) $(FFTINC) \
        -DUSEFFTW -DUSEMMAP -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 \
        -g -O3 -ffast-math -Wall -W -fPIC -lm

Continue the build:

make makewisdom
make prep
make

Common installation problems

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