How To Setup An Enterprise Linux 7 CASA Development Computer

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Before You Begin

1. You must have access to root on the computer to be setup.

Configure rpm repositories

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# Configure repositories
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cd /etc/yum.repos.d/

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# Add epel.repo with the following contents:
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[epel]
name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 - $basearch
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/$basearch
mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-7&arch=$basearch
failovermethod=priority
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-7

[epel-debuginfo]
name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 - $basearch - Debug
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/$basearch/debug
mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-debug-7&arch=$basearch
failovermethod=priority
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-7
gpgcheck=1

[epel-source]
name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 - $basearch - Source
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/SRPMS
mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-source-7&arch=$basearch
failovermethod=priority
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-7
gpgcheck=1

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# Add casa.repo with the following contents:
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[casa]
name=CASA RPMs for RedHat Enterprise Linux 7 (x86_64)
baseurl=http://casa.nrao.edu/download/repo/el7/x86_64
gpgkey=http://casa.nrao.edu/download/RPM-GPG-KEY-casa http://www.jpackage.org/jpackage.asc http://casa.nrao.edu/download/repo/el7/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release http://casa.nrao.edu/download/repo/el7/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL

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# In the redhat.repo, turn rhel-7-workstation-optional-rpms
# and rhel-7-workstation-optional-source-rpms on by changing
# "enabled = 0" to "enabled = 1"
#################################################################

Install epel key

#As root
curl -L  https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-7 > /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-7

Install rpms

yum -y install casa-toolset-2
yum -y install casa-toolset-3

Get CASA Data

The data directory is typically stored under /opt/casa/data .

Instructions on how to setup the data repository: https://casa.nrao.edu/casadocs-devel/stable/casa-processes/data-repository

-- VilleSuoranta - 2016-05-17

-- -- RenaudMiel - 2016-06-13 : corrected casa data repository URL