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Install modified by Andrew Jameson

Andrew Jameson — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 05:01:51 -0000

--- v10
+++ v11
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # Installing Heimdall #
-
-
+Heimdall can only be built from source code on a modern Linux operating system. 
 ## Pre-requisites ##

 * [Dedisp](https://github.com/ajameson/dedisp)
@@ -8,7 +7,7 @@
 * [PSRDADA](http://psrdada.sourceforge.net)       
 * [CUDA](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads) version >= 6

-### Suggestions for pre-requisite installation locations ###
+** Suggestions for pre-requisite installation locations **

 The Dedisp and Thrust libraries are distributed in a way that makes it a little tricky for Heimdall's configure script to correctly identify them, so we recommend supplying direct paths to the local installation directories. These instructions assume:

@@ -16,9 +15,14 @@
 * software will beinstalled into $HOME/software/<software>
 * cuda is installed in /usr/local/cuda

+** CUDA **
+Install the CUDA SDK from Nvidia using the method recommended for your operating system
+
+** Boost **
+Install the Boost from your package manager, ensuring the version is > 1.49.
+
 ** Dedisp **
 Build the Dedisp library, editing Makefile.inc to as per the instructions at https://github.com/ajameson/dedisp,
-
 ~~~
 cd $HOME/source
 git clone https://github.com/ajameson/dedisp.git
@@ -27,26 +31,24 @@
 ~~~

 ** PSRDADA **
-Build the PSRDada library, ch
-
+Build the PSRDada library from SourceForge.
 ~~~
 cd $HOME/source
- git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/psrdada/code psrdada
+ git clone https://git.code.sf.net/p/psrdada/code psrdada
 cd psrdada
 ./bootstrap
 ./configure --prefix=$HOME/software/psrdada
 make install
 ~~~

-## Heimdall Installation ##
+## Heimdall Software ##

-Checkout the software from the source forge.net git repository via git or https::
+Checkout the heimdall software from the SourceForge and build.
 ~~~~~~
-git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/heimdall-astro/code heimdall
 git clone https://git.code.sf.net/p/heimdall-astro/code heimdall
 ~~~~~~

-## Compiling Instructions ##
+## Compilation ##
 ~~~
 cd $HOME/source
 git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/heimdall-astro/code heimdall
</software>

Install modified by Andrew Jameson

Andrew Jameson — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 04:52:22 -0000

--- v9
+++ v10
@@ -10,27 +10,33 @@

 ### Suggestions for pre-requisite installation locations ###

-The Dedisp and Thrust libraries are distributed in a way that makes it a little tricky for Heimdall's configure script to correctly identify them, so we recommend supplying direct paths to the local installation directories. These instructions assume :
+The Dedisp and Thrust libraries are distributed in a way that makes it a little tricky for Heimdall's configure script to correctly identify them, so we recommend supplying direct paths to the local installation directories. These instructions assume:
+
 * software will be built from $HOME/source/<software>
 * software will beinstalled into $HOME/software/<software>
 * cuda is installed in /usr/local/cuda

 ** Dedisp **
-Build the Dedisp library.
-1. cd $HOME/source
-2. git clone https://github.com/ajameson/dedisp.git
-3. cd dedisp
-4. Edit Makefile.inc as per the instructions at https://github.com/ajameson/dedisp,
-5. make INSTALL_DIR=$HOME/software/dedisp install
+Build the Dedisp library, editing Makefile.inc to as per the instructions at https://github.com/ajameson/dedisp,
+
+~~~
+cd $HOME/source
+git clone https://github.com/ajameson/dedisp.git
+cd dedisp
+make INSTALL_DIR=$HOME/software/dedisp install
+~~~

 ** PSRDADA **
-Build the PSRDada library.
-1. cd $HOME/source
-2. git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/psrdada/code psrdada
-3. cd psrdada
-4. ./bootstrap
-4. ./configure --prefix=$HOME/software/psrdada
-5. make install
+Build the PSRDada library, ch
+
+~~~
+cd $HOME/source
+ git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/psrdada/code psrdada
+cd psrdada
+./bootstrap
+./configure --prefix=$HOME/software/psrdada
+make install
+~~~

 ## Heimdall Installation ##

@@ -41,10 +47,11 @@
 ~~~~~~

 ## Compiling Instructions ##
-
-1. cd $HOME/source
-2.  git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/heimdall-astro/code heimdall
-2. cd heimdall
-3. ./bootstrap
-4. ./configure --prefix=$HOME/software/heimdall/linux_64 --with-psrdada-dir=$HOME/software/psrdada --with-dedisp-dir=$HOME/software/dedisp --with-cuda-dir=/usr/local/cuda
-5. make install
+~~~
+cd $HOME/source
+git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/heimdall-astro/code heimdall
+cd heimdall
+./bootstrap
+./configure --prefix=$HOME/software/heimdall/linux_64 --with-psrdada-dir=$HOME/software/psrdada --with-dedisp-dir=$HOME/software/dedisp --with-cuda-dir=/usr/local/cuda
+make install
+~~~
</software></software>

Install modified by Andrew Jameson

Andrew Jameson — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 04:47:29 -0000

--- v8
+++ v9
@@ -4,55 +4,47 @@
 ## Pre-requisites ##

 * [Dedisp](https://github.com/ajameson/dedisp)
-* [Thrust](http://thrust.github.io/) version >=1.6
 * [Boost](http://www.boost.org/) version >= 1.49 
 * [PSRDADA](http://psrdada.sourceforge.net)       
-* [CUDA](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads) version >= 4.2
-
+* [CUDA](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads) version >= 6

 ### Suggestions for pre-requisite installation locations ###

-The Dedisp and Thrust libraries are distributed in a way that makes it a little tricky for Heimdall's configure script to correctly identify them. For less painful installation, with an installation directory of $HOME/linux_64, we recommend
+The Dedisp and Thrust libraries are distributed in a way that makes it a little tricky for Heimdall's configure script to correctly identify them, so we recommend supplying direct paths to the local installation directories. These instructions assume :
+* software will be built from $HOME/source/<software>
+* software will beinstalled into $HOME/software/<software>
+* cuda is installed in /usr/local/cuda

 ** Dedisp **
-
-Build the Dedisp library and header files.
-1. mkdir $HOME/opt
-2. cd $HOME/opt
-3. git clone https://github.com/ajameson/dedisp.git
-4. cd dedisp
-5. Edit Makefile.inc as per the instructions at https://github.com/ajameson/dedisp, setting INSTALL_DIR to  $HOME/linux_64
-6. make
-7. make install
-
-** Thrust 1.6 **
- 
-1. mkdir $HOME/opt/thrust-1.6
-2. cd $HOME/opt/thrust-1.6
-3. unzip thrust-1.6.zip in this directory
+Build the Dedisp library.
+1. cd $HOME/source
+2. git clone https://github.com/ajameson/dedisp.git
+3. cd dedisp
+4. Edit Makefile.inc as per the instructions at https://github.com/ajameson/dedisp,
+5. make INSTALL_DIR=$HOME/software/dedisp install

 ** PSRDADA **
-Get the latest version of PSRDada and build it, installing into $HOME/linux_64
-1. cd $HOME/opt
+Build the PSRDada library.
+1. cd $HOME/source
 2. git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/psrdada/code psrdada
-3. ./bootstrap
-4. ./configure --prefix=$HOME/linux_64
-5. make
-6. make install
+3. cd psrdada
+4. ./bootstrap
+4. ./configure --prefix=$HOME/software/psrdada
+5. make install

-## Developer Installation ##
+## Heimdall Installation ##

-Checkout the software from the source forge.net git repository:
-
+Checkout the software from the source forge.net git repository via git or https::
 ~~~~~~
 git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/heimdall-astro/code heimdall
+git clone https://git.code.sf.net/p/heimdall-astro/code heimdall
 ~~~~~~

 ## Compiling Instructions ##

-1. git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/heimdall-astro/code heimdall
+1. cd $HOME/source
+2.  git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/heimdall-astro/code heimdall
 2. cd heimdall
 3. ./bootstrap
-4. ./configure --prefix=$HOME/linux_64 --with-thrust-include-dir=$HOME/opt/thrust-1.6
-5. make
-6. make install
+4. ./configure --prefix=$HOME/software/heimdall/linux_64 --with-psrdada-dir=$HOME/software/psrdada --with-dedisp-dir=$HOME/software/dedisp --with-cuda-dir=/usr/local/cuda
+5. make install
</software></software>

Install modified by Andrew Jameson

Andrew Jameson — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 00:19:45 -0000

--- v7
+++ v8
@@ -28,17 +28,17 @@
 ** Thrust 1.6 **

 1. mkdir $HOME/opt/thrust-1.6
-*  cd $HOME/opt/thrust-1.6
-*  unzip thrust-1.6.zip in this directory
+2. cd $HOME/opt/thrust-1.6
+3. unzip thrust-1.6.zip in this directory

 ** PSRDADA **
-
+Get the latest version of PSRDada and build it, installing into $HOME/linux_64
 1. cd $HOME/opt
-*  cvs checkout psrdada from sourceforge
-*  ./bootstrap
-*  ./configure --prefix=$HOME/linux_64
-*  make
-*  make install
+2. git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/psrdada/code psrdada
+3. ./bootstrap
+4. ./configure --prefix=$HOME/linux_64
+5. make
+6. make install

 ## Developer Installation ##

@@ -50,11 +50,9 @@

 ## Compiling Instructions ##

-1. clone the git repository as per the above
-*  cd heimdall
-*  ./bootstrap
-*  ./configure --prefix=$HOME/linux_64 --with-thrust-include-dir=$HOME/opt/thrust-1.6
-*  make
-*  make install
-
-
+1. git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/heimdall-astro/code heimdall
+2. cd heimdall
+3. ./bootstrap
+4. ./configure --prefix=$HOME/linux_64 --with-thrust-include-dir=$HOME/opt/thrust-1.6
+5. make
+6. make install

Install modified by Andrew Jameson

Andrew Jameson — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 00:16:18 -0000

--- v6
+++ v7
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@

 Build the Dedisp library and header files.
 1. mkdir $HOME/opt
-*  cd $HOME/opt
-*  git clone https://github.com/ajameson/dedisp.git
-*  cd dedisp
-*  Edit Makefile.inc as per the instructions at https://github.com/ajameson/dedisp
-*  make
-*  make install
+2. cd $HOME/opt
+3. git clone https://github.com/ajameson/dedisp.git
+4. cd dedisp
+5. Edit Makefile.inc as per the instructions at https://github.com/ajameson/dedisp, setting INSTALL_DIR to  $HOME/linux_64
+6. make
+7. make install

 ** Thrust 1.6 **

Install modified by Andrew Jameson

Andrew Jameson — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 00:14:42 -0000

--- v5
+++ v6
@@ -16,9 +16,14 @@

 ** Dedisp **

+Build the Dedisp library and header files.
 1. mkdir $HOME/opt
 *  cd $HOME/opt
-*  git clone dedisp into this directory
+*  git clone https://github.com/ajameson/dedisp.git
+*  cd dedisp
+*  Edit Makefile.inc as per the instructions at https://github.com/ajameson/dedisp
+*  make
+*  make install

 ** Thrust 1.6 **

Install modified by Andrew Jameson

Andrew Jameson — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 23:24:14 -0000

--- v4
+++ v5
@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@
 ## Pre-requisites ##

 * [Dedisp](https://github.com/ajameson/dedisp)
-* [Thrust](http://thrust.github.io/) [Minimum 1.6]
+* [Thrust](http://thrust.github.io/) version >=1.6
+* [Boost](http://www.boost.org/) version >= 1.49 
 * [PSRDADA](http://psrdada.sourceforge.net)       
-* [CUDA](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads) [Minumum 4.2]
+* [CUDA](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads) version >= 4.2

 ### Suggestions for pre-requisite installation locations ###

-The Dedisp and Thrust libraries are distributed in a way that makes it a little tricky for Heimdall's configure script to correctly identify them. For less painful installation, we recommend:
+The Dedisp and Thrust libraries are distributed in a way that makes it a little tricky for Heimdall's configure script to correctly identify them. For less painful installation, with an installation directory of $HOME/linux_64, we recommend

 ** Dedisp **

@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@
 1. cd $HOME/opt
 *  cvs checkout psrdada from sourceforge
 *  ./bootstrap
-*  ./configure --prefix=<install directory="">
+*  ./configure --prefix=$HOME/linux_64
 *  make
 *  make install

@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@
 1. clone the git repository as per the above
 *  cd heimdall
 *  ./bootstrap
-*  ./configure --prefix=<install directory=""> --with-thrust-include-dir=$HOME/opt/thrust-1.6
+*  ./configure --prefix=$HOME/linux_64 --with-thrust-include-dir=$HOME/opt/thrust-1.6
 *  make
 *  make install

Install modified by Andrew Jameson

Andrew Jameson — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 23:07:11 -0000

--- v3
+++ v4
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 ## Pre-requisites ##

 * [Dedisp](https://github.com/ajameson/dedisp)
-* [Thrust 1.6](http://thrust.github.io/)
+* [Thrust](http://thrust.github.io/) [Minimum 1.6]
 * [PSRDADA](http://psrdada.sourceforge.net)       
-* CUDA 4.2
+* [CUDA](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads) [Minumum 4.2]

 ### Suggestions for pre-requisite installation locations ###
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@

 1. mkdir $HOME/opt
 *  cd $HOME/opt
-*  svn checkout dedisp into this directory
+*  git clone dedisp into this directory

 ** Thrust 1.6 **

@@ -39,10 +39,8 @@
 Checkout the software from the source forge.net git repository:

 ~~~~~~
-git clone ssh://USERNAME@heimdall-astro.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/heimdall-astro/code heimdall
+git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/heimdall-astro/code heimdall
 ~~~~~~
-
-where USERNAME is your sourceforge.net username.

 ## Compiling Instructions ##

Install modified by Andrew Jameson

Andrew Jameson — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 23:02:49 -0000

--- v2
+++ v3
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@

 ## Pre-requisites ##

-* Dedisp        http://code.google.com/p/dedisp/
-* Thrust 1.6    https://code.google.com/p/thrust/
-* PSRDADA       http://psrdada.sourceforge.net
+* [Dedisp](https://github.com/ajameson/dedisp)
+* [Thrust 1.6](http://thrust.github.io/)
+* [PSRDADA](http://psrdada.sourceforge.net)       
 * CUDA 4.2

WikiPage Install modified by Andrew Jameson

Andrew Jameson — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 06:16:56 -0000

--- v1
+++ v2
@@ -1,8 +1,56 @@
+# Installing Heimdall #
 
-To Install heimdall
 
-Developer Installation:
+## Pre-requisites ##
+
+* Dedisp        http://code.google.com/p/dedisp/
+* Thrust 1.6    https://code.google.com/p/thrust/
+* PSRDADA       http://psrdada.sourceforge.net
+* CUDA 4.2
+
+
+### Suggestions for pre-requisite installation locations ###
+
+The Dedisp and Thrust libraries are distributed in a way that makes it a little tricky for Heimdall's configure script to correctly identify them. For less painful installation, we recommend:
+
+** Dedisp **
+
+1. mkdir $HOME/opt
+*  cd $HOME/opt
+*  svn checkout dedisp into this directory
+
+** Thrust 1.6 **
+ 
+1. mkdir $HOME/opt/thrust-1.6
+*  cd $HOME/opt/thrust-1.6
+*  unzip thrust-1.6.zip in this directory
+
+** PSRDADA **
+
+1. cd $HOME/opt
+*  cvs checkout psrdada from sourceforge
+*  ./bootstrap
+*  ./configure --prefix=
+*  make
+*  make install
+
+## Developer Installation ##
 
 Checkout the software from the source forge.net git repository:
 
-git clone ssh://USERNAME@heimdall-astro.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/heimdall-astro/heimdall
+~~~~~~
+git clone ssh://USERNAME@heimdall-astro.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/heimdall-astro/code heimdall
+~~~~~~
+
+where USERNAME is your sourceforge.net username.
+
+## Compiling Instructions ##
+
+1. clone the git repository as per the above
+*  cd heimdall
+*  ./bootstrap
+*  ./configure --prefix= --with-thrust-include-dir=$HOME/opt/thrust-1.6
+*  make
+*  make install
+
+