gunzip Montage_vX.Y.tar.gz
This will uncompress the file Montage_vX.Y.tar.
tar xpf Montage_vX.Y.tar
This will create the directory Montage_vX.Y, which will include the Montage files and subdirectories.
Click here to see a packing list of the contents of the directories.
See the Before Building section in Overview of Components for additional information.
For instance, using the bash shell on Linux, after installing Montage in /home/username/Montage_vX.Y, we add the following line to /home/username/.bash-profile:
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/Montage_vX.Y/bin
If you are using csh, you would add the following line to /home/username/.cshrc:
set path = ($path /home/username/Montage_vX.Y/bin)
Montage relies on several astronomical libraries, all of which are included in the package and installed when Montage is built (under lib):
If you would like to install a new version of the WCS or CFITSIO libraries under Montage, please read the external library notes in "Montage Components."