GBTIDL: Data Reduction for the GBT Using IDL

Product Downloads The most recent version of GBTIDL is available here: GBTIDL 2.10.1 Read the the release notes for GBTIDL 2.10.1 You can download older versions of GBTIDL from the Sourceforge Downloads Page. GBTIDL Installation Instructions After downloading the most recent version of GBTIDL from this page, follow these instructions to install it. Create a directory for the installation and unzip the tar ball: mkdir mygbtidl mv gbtidl-2.10.1.tar.gz mygbtidl/. cd mygbtidl gzip -d gbtidl-2.10.1.tar.gz tar -xvf gbtidl-2.10.1.tar Go to the newly created installation directory, 'gbtidl': cd gbtidl copy the file 'run_gbtidl' to 'gbtidl': cp run_gbtidl gbtidl Edit the 'gbtidl' script to use the correct path to your installation of idl. For example: LOCAL_IDL=/usr/local/bin/idl Edit the 'gbtidl' script to replace "PLACE_INSTALLATION_DIR_HERE" with the full path to the gbtidl executable script. For example, it should look something like this: export GBT_IDL_DIR=/home/mygbtidl/gbtidl Start GBTIDL: ./gbtidl You may wish to add the installation directory to your path.