[AstroPy] Buridan's ass-----what combo should I choose?

gonghang.naoc ghang.naoc at gmail.com
Wed Aug 13 11:32:35 EDT 2014


I installed both long time ago. I am sure a single pyraf without iraf can
work, although there is a something here
http://www.stsci.edu/institute/software_hardware/pyraf
'PyRAF can be installed along with an existing IRAF installation'
That means pyraf can work alone?



On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 11:22 PM, Brandon Doyle <bjd2385 at rit.edu> wrote:

> I've been looking into PyRAF...so it requires that you have IRAF installed
> on your computer?
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 11:21 AM, gonghang.naoc <ghang.naoc at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Yes,I need it. I am thinking about which 'iraf' I should use, the
>> standalone version of NOAO, Ureka or pyraf?
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 11:15 PM, Perry Greenfield <stsci.perry at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> So you don't really need IRAF? Or are you installing that separately
>>> (and layering pyraf onto anaconda)?
>>>
>>> Perry
>>>
>>> On Aug 13, 2014, at 11:13 AM, gonghang.naoc wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hi Tom, Erik,
>>> > Thank you both. Glad to hear there is a simple choice. I will stick
>>> with Anaconda.
>>> > best
>>> > hang
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 10:25 PM, Erik Bray <embray at stsci.edu> wrote:
>>> > On 08/13/2014 02:53 AM, Thomas Robitaille wrote:
>>> > > Hi Hang,
>>> > >
>>> > > I doubt you will get a single answer here, but I think Anaconda is
>>> now
>>> > > widely thought to be a good solution for a generic Scientific Python
>>> > > installation, but Ureka is probably what you want since you also
>>> want IRAF:
>>> > >
>>> > > http://ssb.stsci.edu/ureka/
>>> > >
>>> > > http://ssb.stsci.edu/ureka/1.4.1/docs/components.html
>>> >
>>> > As an aside, you also listed separately Numpy, SciPy, EPD, Ureka, and
>>> Anaconda.
>>> >
>>> > First of all EPD no longer exists as such and now is called Canopy.
>>>  All of
>>> > Canopy, Anaconda, and Ureka are standalone scientific Python
>>> *distributions*,
>>> > each with their own copies of Python itself, Numpy, SciPy, and many
>>> other
>>> > popular packages.  In principle they can all coexist on your system,
>>> though if
>>> > you have to ask I'd recommend deciding which one best suits your needs
>>> and
>>> > sticking with just the one.
>>> >
>>> > As Tom said, if you need IRAF you should use Ureka, as it's the only
>>> scientific
>>> > Python distribution developed specifically for the Astronomy community
>>> and that
>>> > includes IRAF and Pyraf.  Full disclosure: I work for STScI which is
>>> the primary
>>> > contributor to Ureka, but I don't personally have much connection to
>>> the project
>>> > and don't use it personally.  I hear it works pretty well though.
>>> >
>>> > Erik
>>> >
>>> > >
>>> > > gonghang.naoc wrote:
>>> > >> Hi,
>>> > >> I reinstalled my system just now. The previsous system had a mess of
>>> > >> python modules with chaotic dependency. Could somebody please give
>>> me a
>>> > >> simple list to instll? Potentially I need numpy,scipy,epd,
>>> > >> ureka,iraf,pyraf, anaconda or somethig else which you can suggest.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> A simple and versatile combo is the best.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> Thanks.
>>> > >> best
>>> > >>
>>> > >> hang
>>> > >>
>>> > >>
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