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.gitignore

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+build/
+

.travis.yml

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+os:
+  - linux
+
+language: cpp
+
+compiler:
+  - clang
+  - gcc
+
+install:
+  - sudo apt-get update -q
+  - sudo apt-get install -qy python-software-properties
+  - sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:radio-astro/main
+  - sudo apt-get update -q
+  - sudo apt-get install cmake libcasacore2-dev libboost-dev wcslib-dev 
+      libcfitsio3-dev libboost-system-dev, libboost-thread-dev, gfortran
+
+before_script:
+  - mkdir build
+  - cd build
+  - cmake ..
+      -DUSE_FFTW3=ON
+      -DBUILD_TESTING=ON
+      -DUSE_OPENMP=OFF
+      -DUSE_HDF5=ON
+      -DBUILD_PYTHON=ON
+      -DDATA_DIR=$PWD
+      -DSOFA_ROOT_DIR=$HOME
+
+script:
+  - make -j4 
+  - make test
+  - sudo make install
+

README.md

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+
+# Casarest
+
+This is the casarest package, the remainder of the AIPS++
+libraries. It consists of the libraries:
+ * msvis
+
+ * calibration
+ * synthesis
+ * flagging
+ * simulators
+ * ionosphere
+
+The prorgram lwimager (part of synthesis) is the main deliverable.
+
+
+# Installation
+
+## Obtaining the source
+
+The casarest source code is maintained on github.
+
+You can obtain it using:
+
+```
+$ git clone https://github.com/casacore/casarest
+```
+
+## Requirements
+
+To compile casarest you need to meet the following requirements:
+
+
+* cmake
+* casacore (2.0 or later)
+* boost
+* wcslib
+* cfitsio
+* fortran 
+
+On Debian / Ubuntu you can install these with:
+``` 
+$ sudo apt-get install cmake libcasacore2-dev libboost-dev wcslib-dev \
+   libcfitsio3-dev libboost-system-dev, libboost-thread-dev, gfortran
+```
+
+## Compilation
+
+In the casacore source folder run:
+```
+mkdir build
+cd build
+cmake ..
+make 
+make install
+```
+
+## Ubuntu 14.04 packages
+
+If you run Ubuntu 14.04 you can use precompiled binary packages
+
+https://launchpad.net/~radio-astro/+archive/ubuntu/main
+
+installation commands:
+```
+sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
+sudo add-apt-repository ppa:radio-astro/main
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install casarest
+```
+
+
+# Problems & bugs
+
+If you have any issues compiling or using casacore, please open an issue on
+the issue tracker on github.
+
+
+# travis
+
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/casacore/casarest.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/casacore/casarest)