[AstroPy] Buridan's ass-----what combo should I choose?

[Brandon Doyle]

I've been looking into PyRAF...so it requires that you have IRAF installed
on your computer?


On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 11:21 AM, gonghang.naoc <ghang.naoc at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yes,I need it. I am thinking about which 'iraf' I should use, the
> standalone version of NOAO, Ureka or pyraf?
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 11:15 PM, Perry Greenfield <stsci.perry at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> So you don't really need IRAF? Or are you installing that separately (and
>> layering pyraf onto anaconda)?
>>
>> Perry
>>
>> On Aug 13, 2014, at 11:13 AM, gonghang.naoc wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Tom, Erik,
>> > Thank you both. Glad to hear there is a simple choice. I will stick
>> with Anaconda.
>> > best
>> > hang
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 10:25 PM, Erik Bray <embray at stsci.edu> wrote:
>> > On 08/13/2014 02:53 AM, Thomas Robitaille wrote:
>> > > Hi Hang,
>> > >
>> > > I doubt you will get a single answer here, but I think Anaconda is now
>> > > widely thought to be a good solution for a generic Scientific Python
>> > > installation, but Ureka is probably what you want since you also want
>> IRAF:
>> > >
>> > > http://ssb.stsci.edu/ureka/
>> > >
>> > > http://ssb.stsci.edu/ureka/1.4.1/docs/components.html
>> >
>> > As an aside, you also listed separately Numpy, SciPy, EPD, Ureka, and
>> Anaconda.
>> >
>> > First of all EPD no longer exists as such and now is called Canopy.
>>  All of
>> > Canopy, Anaconda, and Ureka are standalone scientific Python
>> *distributions*,
>> > each with their own copies of Python itself, Numpy, SciPy, and many
>> other
>> > popular packages.  In principle they can all coexist on your system,
>> though if
>> > you have to ask I'd recommend deciding which one best suits your needs
>> and
>> > sticking with just the one.
>> >
>> > As Tom said, if you need IRAF you should use Ureka, as it's the only
>> scientific
>> > Python distribution developed specifically for the Astronomy community
>> and that
>> > includes IRAF and Pyraf.  Full disclosure: I work for STScI which is
>> the primary
>> > contributor to Ureka, but I don't personally have much connection to
>> the project
>> > and don't use it personally.  I hear it works pretty well though.
>> >
>> > Erik
>> >
>> > >
>> > > gonghang.naoc wrote:
>> > >> Hi,
>> > >> I reinstalled my system just now. The previsous system had a mess of
>> > >> python modules with chaotic dependency. Could somebody please give
>> me a
>> > >> simple list to instll? Potentially I need numpy,scipy,epd,
>> > >> ureka,iraf,pyraf, anaconda or somethig else which you can suggest.
>> > >>
>> > >> A simple and versatile combo is the best.
>> > >>
>> > >> Thanks.
>> > >> best
>> > >>
>> > >> hang
>> > >>
>> > >>
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