[lsst-dm-stack-users] Stumbling while Running

[Paul Price]

On Nov 29, 2013, at 1:32 PM, Dave Monet wrote:
> 1) The suggested
>     eups list -s >myversions
>   seems to work, but the suggested
>     setup -m myversions
>   starts every output line with "Unrecognized line:".  Am I doing
>   something wrong?

Try "setup -t myversions"?


> 2) The suggested
>     eups distrib install meas_extensions_multiShapelet -t Summer2013
>   has a large number of lines like
>     Required product gsl 1.15+1 is already installed; use --force to reinstall
>   These sound like they can be ignored.  Should they?

Yes.


> 3) I don't understand what the "-t Summer2013" actually does.  Near the
>   top of the page, the first suggestion is
>     setup -t Summer2013 pipe_tasks
>   but after getting the tarball, the next bit suggests
>     setup pipe_tasks
>   Is the "-t Summer2013" some form of a NoOp, or perhaps pipe_tasks
>   remembers that it was first setup with this option?

Maybe (it depends whether pipe_tasks is also tagged "current"), but to be sure you should use the first form.


> 4) Are the "setup" done once, or every time I login?

It sets up your environment, so needs to be done in every new environment (e.g., logging in).


> 5) Was the example for processCcdSdss supposed to run on data in the
>   tarball?  If so, there is no directory "sdss" anywhere I can find,
>   nor is it obvious what the /lsst7/stripe82/dr7/runs should be on
>   my machine.  Or was I supposed to look somewhere for the meaning of
>   the arguments in the list?

No idea.  Someone else?

P.