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Instructions for Installing CIAO 4.17 Binary packages		December 2024
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This document describes the binary installation and verification
testing (i.e. smoke tests) of CIAO. Installing CIAO from the binary
packages is easy with the ciao-install script. You can download a
version customized for your installation from the web site. The script
will ask you a few simple questions and then installs the software and
runs the smoke tests for you. Note that CIAO can be installed by a
non-root user.

Additional installation instructions and details are also available,
as one of the Introductory CIAO science threads, at

        https://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao4.17/threads/ciao_install_tool/

Please check the CIAO website:

        https://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao

for the most recent updates to this document and further installation
assistance.

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 Installing the Binary packages with ciao-install
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The ciao-install script provides an easy and flexible way of
installing CIAO. You can provide ciao-install with switches to work in
a custom environment. The script can be generated at the CIAO download 
page located at:

        https://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao4.17/download
