This is a distribution of HOPS (version 3.26), the
Haystack Observatory Post-processing System software.

0. Quick Install Instructions
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Download the tarball and verify the checksum:

MD5 (hops-3.26-4602.tar.gz) = c298f38814bf5ab83db85b9a7cd6b642
SHA1 (hops-3.26-4602.tar.gz) = 8ff6b3d1d56d5b62526b4d4e0ddca7b8f7113914
SHA256 (hops-3.26-4602.tar.gz) = 5ad0ceff57ce2c14df3e1b652061441d41929b50fb1a73b1ef1275530a102f73
SHA512 (hops-3.26-4602.tar.gz) = 6b5586674d1afee5536943059249a3b6468b83df171c7d31101764dca7619931fb41b2593c8e3f8a67d0cc5afdbbbadd6dda55fbc1cf1892c2b52bfbf9b9ab9d

Then

    cd /Somewhere
    tar zxf hops-3.26-4602.tar.gz

and proceed with the standard build process, e.g.:

    mkdir bld-3.26
    cd bld-3.26
    ../hops-3.26/configure
    make install

which installs the tools into a subdirectory of /Somewhere.   You should
use the --prefix=... option of configure if you want to install HOPS in
some other directory (e.g. /usr/local).  If the configure or install fails,
do not despair:  read on below in the next section of these instructions.

A (ba)sh setup script, hops.bash is created in the build directory
(and copied to $HOME/bin if $HOME/bin exists).  You can make an alias:

    alias hops='source $HOME/bin/hops.bash'

and source it to set up your shell environment for HOPS work:

    hops

This script provides some detail on the environment modifications

    hops.bash --help

Some help with the HOPS tools is available with

    vhelp

but this help tool is not fully up-to-date in this release.

1. Finally
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Copyright (c) 1992-2026 by Haystack Observatory, MIT.
See the included file "Copyright" for the full notice.

Authors: Colin Lonsdale, Roger Cappallo, and many others,
         finishing with Geoff Crew and John Barrett.

If you experience problems with this release, contact Geoff Crew
(gbc@mit.edu) who is to blame for this packaging.