Instructions

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Installation of SolarSoftware (ssw)

Most of the software that will be used in the hands-on session will be using the solarsoft library and IDL. Please, make sure you have them installed properly in your laptop. In case you don’t have an IDL license, we will provide a network license for the duration of the summer school and workshop.

To install solarsoft you should get an installation script from this form. Make sure to select the following packages:

  • SDO/AIA and HMI
  • Hinode/EIS
  • Orbital Observatories/IRIS
  • Virtual Observatories/VSO

Once you download the form follow the “what do I do next?” link in the result page.

If you are using Linux or Mac OS you then could create a ssw file to run IDL with solarsoft from the bash terminal. Follow the instructions in this blogpost and change the variables defined and the SSW_INSTR accordingly (using the list of instruments above). You can also download this two files which are the ones used by the backup virtual machine.

If you are a OS X user you will need to install XQuartz.

Installation of other software

Paraview

Paraview is is an open-source, multi-platform data analysis and visualisation application. This will be used to visualise 3D magnetic field extrapolations. Follow the download instructions to install it in your machine. If you are using Linux you can also get it by using the package-manager of your distribution (e.g., dnf, apt-get, …).

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During the workshop

IDL Licenses.

The instructions on how to access the IDL license will be provided in the workshop.

Data

We are going to work with a lot of data, you should downloaded it before the workshop starts to avoid delays due to the network. The data needed is available in the material section.

If everything fails…

Don’t Panic. We have prepared a virtual machine with all the software used so you can follow all the programme. First you will need to download and install VirtualBox. Download solarnet4 virtualmachine (10GiB). Once The VirtualBox is installed and the virtual machine instance downloaded, open VirtualBox and select Import appliance from the File menu. Select the file downloaded previously SOLARNET_fedora.ova and click next and import.

If everything goes well you should have a new virtual machine in the menu which provides you with a Linux Fedora 24 system. This includes: IDL 8.5, Paraview and some of the data to be used during the school. After starting the virtual machine, to run solarsoft, you will have just to open a terminal and write ssw. It will prompt you asking for the password for the licence which will be provided during the workshop.




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