octave-cfitsio

Introduction

This toolkit provides GNU Octave with I/O routines to read and write FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) files.

It provides both high and low level functions similar to the Matlab FITS functions.

Requirements

• cfitsio library and dev files

• Octave >= 4.0.0

Installing

To install, run the octave package manager:

1. If running Windows, the package may already be installed: type pkg list, to view the installed packages.

2. To install from internet: pkg install pkg install -forge cfitsio

3. To install from a local tarball. pkg install octave-cfitsio-XXXXXXX.tar.gz

Where XXXXXXX is the version of the package.

Usage:

1. Load the package. pkg load cfitsio (Required each time Octave is started)

2. Use the high-level function calls fitsread, fitswrite, fitsinfo to read and write FITS files. or use the low-level functions for custom file manipulation.

Documentation of functions are available in octave after install and loading.

Known limitations and bugs

None provided