superFATBOY3

Python 3 version of superFATBOY GPU accelerated data pipeline for IR and optical astronomical data

Requirements

• numpy
• scipy
• astropy
• matplotlib (optional)
• sep or sextractor (optional)
• CUDA, PyCUDA, and CuPy (optional)
• deepCR (optional)

Installation

• To install optional GPU libraries, first use Makefile to build CUDA code, first make sure that you set environment variable CUDA_HOME to point to your install directory for CUDA (e.g. /usr/local/cuda). Optionally you may also setPYTHON3_INCLUDE to e.g. /usr/include/python3.8 but this should be auto-detected and not necessary to set manually unless it complains that it can't find Python.h. Then

cd superFATBOY3/superFATBOY
make gpu3

• To install as sudo:

cd superFATBOY3
sudo python3 setup.py install

HPC Environments

• To install and run superFATBOY3 on HiperGator or other HPC environments, try this guide.
• YMMV on versions of GCC, CUDA, and Python depending on your particular HPC environment but the below works on HiperGator Nov 2023. Note that you must choose a compatible GCC and CUDA (sometimes the newest GCC is too new for the newest CUDA).

• To BUILD:

module load conda gcc/9.3.0 cuda/11.4.3
conda create --name sFB3 python=3.9 cupy numpy scipy astropy matplotlib pycuda
conda activate sFB3
cd superFATBOY3/superFATBOY/
make gpu3
cd ..
python setup.py install

• To RUN subsequently:

module load conda gcc/9.3.0 cuda/11.4.3
conda activate sFB3
superFatboy3.py [-list] [filename.xml]