Re: problems reading fits file

[Ben Abbott]

On May 6, 2013, at 10:12 PM, Poulette Poulette wrote:

> De : Ben Abbott <address@hidden>
> À : Poulette Poulette <address@hidden> 
> Cc : "address@hidden" <address@hidden> 
> Envoyé le : Lundi 6 mai 2013 16h08
> Objet : Re: problems reading fits file
> 
> 
> On May 6, 2013, at 9:58 PM, Poulette Poulette wrote:
> 
> > De : Ben Abbott <address@hidden>
> > À : Poulette Poulette <address@hidden> 
> > Cc : "address@hidden" <address@hidden> 
> > Envoyé le : Lundi 6 mai 2013 15h50
> > Objet : Re: problems reading fits file
> > 
> > 
> > On May 6, 2013, at 9:41 PM, Poulette Poulette wrote:
> > 
> > > De : Ben Abbott <address@hidden>
> > > À : Poulette Poulette <address@hidden> 
> > > Cc : "address@hidden" <address@hidden> 
> > > Envoyé le : Lundi 6 mai 2013 15h28
> > > Objet : Re: problems reading fits file
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On May 6, 2013, at 9:24 PM, Poulette Poulette wrote:
> > > 
> > > > De : Ben Abbott <address@hidden>
> > > > À : Poulette Poulette <address@hidden> 
> > > > Cc : "address@hidden" <address@hidden> 
> > > > Envoyé le : Lundi 6 mai 2013 15h12
> > > > Objet : Re: problems reading fits file
> > > > 
> > > > On May 6, 2013, at 9:01 PM, Poulette Poulette wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Hi all, 
> > > > > 
> > > > > I am a new octave's user.
> > > > > I have a macbook pro with Mountain Lion (osX 10.8.3). I installed the 
> > > > > octave-devel +atlas+docs through macports (I already have Xcode, 
> > > > > Xquartz, etc...).
> > > > > The read_fits_image function doesn't work. 
> > > > > I tried to install the fits package but still doesn't work… 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Someone could explain me how to install the fits package correctly ?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thank you very much.
> > > > 
> > > > Macports does not yet have a port for the fits package.
> > > > 
> > > > I've  not tried to install the fits package myself, but I noticed that 
> > > > it requires libcfitsio.  Did you install the macports "cfitsio" package 
> > > > before trying to install the fits package?
> > > > 
> > > >    sudo port install cfitsio
> > > > 
> > > > Ben
> > > > 
> > > > Dear Ben, 
> > > > 
> > > > I tried to install the fits package from 
> > > > http://octave.sourceforge.net/fits/
> > > > I suppose there are some PATH problems but don't know the way to solve 
> > > > them.
> > > > I have libcfitsio well installed, I often use it.
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks for your message.
> > > 
> > > Where is libcfitsio installed?
> > > 
> > > Can you tell us exactly what you did to install fits?  Did you install 
> > > using the commands below, or did you do something else?
> > > 
> > >    pkg install -forge fits
> > >    pkg load fits
> > > 
> > > Bne
> > > 
> > > libcfitsio is linked in /opt/local/lib and works with all my codes.
> > > 
> > > I installed the fits package using "make".
> > > I am now trying to install it with the commands you sent me but I don't 
> > > have the "pkg" command installed. 
> > > 
> > > Thanks
> > 
> > The "pkg" command is one of Octave's core functions.  If you don't have 
> > that function, then something is seriously wrong with your installation.  
> > From Octave's prompt, what does "which pkg" return?
> > 
> > Ben
> > 
> > ok ! I didn't understand that "pkg" was an octave function.
> > The fits install seems to be ok now, but I still have the same problem:
> > error: 'read_fits_image' undefined near line 5 column 8
> 
> I'd guess you still haven't loaded the "fits" package.  If the command below 
> doesnt' return anything, then its not loaded.
> 
>     which read_fits_image
> 
> To load the package ...
> 
>     pkg load fits
> 
> Now ...
> 
>     which read_fits_image
>     'read_fits_image' is a function from the file 
> /Users/bpabbott/octave/fits-1.0.2/x86_64-apple-darwin11.4.2-api-v48+/read_fits_image.oct
> 
> Ben
> 
> Should I load it every time I use octave ?
> 

Yes.

Ben