Download

This is the repository for official CPL downloads.
Filename Description Size MD5
cpl-5.0.1.tar.gz Main CPL source code distribution - now updated to version 5.0.1
Note: requires CFITSIO version 3.x.y 		2.2 MB cpl-5.0.1.md5
cpl-user-manual_5.0.pdf CPL User Manual 5.0 0.8 MB
cpl-ref-manual_5.0.pdf CPL Reference Manual 5.0, you can also refer to the on-line version directly. 2.2 MB
esorex-3.7.2.tar.gz EsoRex - ESO Recipe Execution tool. Requires CPL 5.0.0 or later. 0.8 MB esorex-3.7.2.md5
cfitsio3090.tar.gz CFITSIO library from NASA, version 3.09, as used by ESO-VLT software 2.8 MB cfitsio3090.md5
cpl-logo.eps The official CPL logo 0.8 KB
cpl-large.jpg Medium resolution graphic of the CPL logo. 56 KB

Download notes

Note that CPL has moved up from the specific 2.510 release of CFITSIO to the version 3 library, right now release 3.09 of CFITSIO.
EsoRex, in turn, requires the CPL.

The MD5 file, provided with each source-code distribution, is for use with the MD5 fingerprint system. It allows the integrity of the file to be checked. For example, with both the main file and the MD5 signature file in the same directory, execute the command "md5sum -c <md5file>".

Various "old versions" are also available for download. These may be obtained directly from the CPL FTP site.

System requirements

It is intended that the CPL will be able to be built on a variety of Linux/UNIX platforms. However, at this stage, only the VLT target platforms and operating systems,
  • Scientific Linux 5.2, and
  • Linux systems with glibc 2.1 or later,
are officially supported. At this stage, the CPL requires the "gcc" compiler in order to build correctly without modification.

Installing and using the CPL

Please refer to the README file in the CPL distribution for details about how to install and use the software. A detailed description of the library is provided in the CPL User Manual (see the link in the list of "downloads" above). Additional documentation is available from the CPL Documentation page.