Installation
System Requirements
The MMS software requires a working installation of ESO’s Skycat software. That software is still maintained for Linux and OS-X (Mac) operating systems (the current version is 3.1.4). Information regarding installation of pre-compiled binaries for Skycat can be found here: http://www.eso.org/sci/observing/tools/skycat/skycatDownload.html
Installing Skycat may require you to specially configure the repositories used to obtain the binaries. That information is provided (by ESO) for various Linux flavors and OSX here:http://www.eso.org/sci/observing/phase2/ESO_sw_repos.html
OS-X (Mac) users:
- Skycat and LMS require X-windows to be installed on your system. A pre-compiled binary for X-windows can be found here from Xquartz The latest version is 2.7.11 and works on all versions of OS-X.
- The preferred method of installing Skycat is using Macports. ESO provides a guideline to installation. The Macports website provides more information.
Users may also compile the Skycat source code on their own, rather than install pre-configured binaries. That information is found at the bottom of the webpage: http://www.eso.org/sci/observing/tools/skycat/skycatDownload.html.
Installing MMS
The Tarballs are below:
NEW!! MMS_V2.0.tgz
- Mac OS X
Drop the untarred file into your /Applications folder and you are ready to Get Started.cd /Applications
tar -zxvf [tar file location]/MMS_V2.0.tgzThis distribution assumes that Skycat has been installed via Macports. If Skycat was installed by other means, or is not located in the standard /opt/local/bin/skycat directory, then edit the “call skycat” directory located near the end of mms.sh in mms_v2.0.0/bin to point to your Skycat directory.
- Linux (Fedora, Scientific Linux, and CentOS, likely to be compatible with other distributions).
Untar the file. If the mms_v2.0 is placed in your home directory and skycat is in your path,
$MMSROOT to match the path for your MMS directory, and the “call skycat” path located in mms_v2.0/bin/mms.sh.
The application is distributed via Google Drive, you should use your web browser to download the files, follow the Google Drive instructions to download the file
