Software Products

If you use TCLSH modules or LUA modules (LMOD), then sdss_install provides an automated way to install SDSS software and data products. The procedure below describes how to bootstrap sdss_install, which will then allow you to sdss_install other products.

sdss_install downloads the software, builds it and adds a module file to setup the required environmental variables (including $PATH, etc.)

1. Install TCLSH modules or LUA modules (LMOD)
2. Create a new directory under which all of your sdss_install’ed software will be built, and associated modulefiles directories. For example:
   mkdir -p ~/software/sdss/github/modulefiles
mkdir -p ~/software/sdss/svn/modulefiles
cd ~/software/sdss
3. Set SDSS_INSTALL_PRODUCT_ROOT to the directory you created in the previous step, following that example:
   for bash
   export SDSS_INSTALL_PRODUCT_ROOT=~/software/sdss
   for csh
   setenv SDSS_INSTALL_PRODUCT_ROOT /software/sdss
4. Add the sdss_install modulefiles directories to your module path, following the example from the previous 2 steps:
   module use ~/software/sdss/github/modulefiles
module use ~/software/sdss/svn/modulefiles
5. Clone sdss_install from SDSS GitHub:
   git clone https://github.com/sdss/sdss_install.git $SDSS_INSTALL_PRODUCT_ROOT/github/sdss_install/master
6. Run the bootstrap installer:
   $SDSS_INSTALL_PRODUCT_ROOT/github/sdss_install/master/bin/sdss_install_bootstrap
7. Get sdss_install into you path:
   module load sdss_install
8. Steps 4 and 7 may be added to your ~/.modules file, and that file sourced by your .bashrc or .tcshrc for convenience.

It will now be possible to install SDSS-IV (and in future SDSS-V) data or software products by specifying the partial path to the product, e.g.:

sdss_install --github marvin 2.2.6
sdss_install --public sdss/firefly v1_1_0

If you use TCLSH modules or LUA modules (LMOD), then sdss4tools provides an automated way to install SDSS software and data products. The procedure below describes how to bootstrap sdss4tools, which will then allow you to sdss4install other products.

sdss4install downloads the software, builds it and adds a module file to setup the required environmental variables (including $PATH, etc.)

1. Install TCLSH modules or LUA modules (LMOD)
2. Create a new directory under which all of your sdss4installed software will be built, for example:
   mkdir ~/software/sdss
cd ~/software/sdss
3. Set SDSS4_PRODUCT_ROOT to the directory you created in the previous step, following that example:
   for bash
   export SDSS4_PRODUCT_ROOT=~/software/sdss
   for csh
   setenv SDSS4_PRODUCT_ROOT=/software/sdss
4. Add the sdss4 modulefiles directory to your module path, following the example from the previous 2 steps:
   module use ~/software/sdss/modulefiles
5. Download the bootstrap installer:
   svn export https://svn.sdss.org/public/repo/sdss/sdss4tools/trunk/bin/sdss4bootstrap
6. Run the bootstrap installer:
   ./sdss4bootstrap
7. Get sdss4tools into you path:
   module load sdss4tools
8. Steps 4 and 7 may be added to your ~/.module file, and that file sourced by your .bashrc or .tcshrc for convenience.

It will now be possible to install SDSS-IV data or software products by specifying the partial path to the product, e.g.:

sdss4install --public data/sdss/catalogs/dust v0_2

sdss4install --public sdss/idlutils v5_5_17

If you use EUPS at your institution, then sdss3tools is a more automated way to install SDSS-III archival software. The procedure below describes how to install sdss3tools, which will then allow you to install other products.

If you don't know what EUPS is, you should ignore this section.

1. Install EUPS
2. Download the bootstrap installer:
   svn export https://svn.sdss.org/public/sdss3/repo/sdss3tools/trunk/bin/sdss3bootstrap
3. Run the bootstrap installer:
   /bin/bash sdss3bootstrap
4. Get sdss3tools into you path:
   setup sdss3tools

It will now be possible to install SDSS-III products by doing, e.g.:

sdss3install -c idlutils v5_5_14