Installing the python code

Requirements

The python library has a few external requirements.

• numpy
• For reading the FITS files, the fitsio python package is used: https://github.com/esheldon/fitsio
• For making MEDS files, the WCS class in esutil is used, as are some numerical python utilities: https://github.com/esheldon/esutil. esutil is not required for reading files.

installing the python library

in the usual place
    python setup.py install

at a different prefix
    python setup.py install --prefix=/some/path

make sure it is on your PYTHONPATH