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Getting Started

• You can get a development copy of the gstlal software suite from git via:

    $ git clone albert.einstein@ligo-vcs.phys.uwm.edu:/usr/local/git/gstlal
  

• Release tar balls and some binary packages are available here.

• Installation. This follows the normal GNU buildsystem procedures involving 1) ./00init.sh 2) ./configure 3) make 4) make install. You should build the packages in order of gstlal, gstlal-ugly, gstlal-calibration, gstlal-inspiral. If you ar building to a non FHS place (e.g. your home directory) you will need something like the following environment to be set before building and when using the software. Please make sure your environment is sane and cruft free otherwise.

    # This is an install prefix that does not get used anywhere but this script, it is not exported !!!
    INSTALLPATH=/home/channa/gstlocal
  
    # These are environment variables that do get exported
    PATH=${INSTALLPATH}/bin:$PATH
    PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${INSTALLPATH}/lib64/pkgconfig:${INSTALLPATH}/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
    PYTHONPATH=${INSTALLPATH}/lib64/python2.6/site-packages:${INSTALLPATH}/lib/python2.6/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH
    GST_PLUGIN_PATH=${INSTALLPATH}/lib/gstreamer-0.10:${INSTALLPATH}/lib64/gstreamer-0.10:${GST_PLUGIN_PATH}
  
    export PATH PKG_CONFIG_PATH PYTHONPATH GST_PLUGIN_PATH
  

Documentation for gstlal elements

• See here for more details

Making fake data

• Documentation for creating fake data
• Relevant programs
  • gstlal_fake_frames
  • gstlal_fake_frames_pipe

Measuring PSDs

• Relevant programs
  • gstlal_reference_psd
  • gstlal_plot_psd
  • gstlal_plot_psd_horizon
  • gstlal_psd_polyfit
  • gstlal_psd_xml_from_asd_txt

Data interaction

• Relevant programs
  • gstlal_spectrum_movie
  • gstlal_play

References

• gstreamer home page
• Review Page
• Telecons Page