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Click on a package name below for access to documentation and additional information.

PackageDescription
Fbe C library and utilities to generate frame files from simpler formats
Fr C library and utilities in core Virgo distribution to read/write data in frame format
FrContrib Additional utilities for working with frame files, exclusive of core Virgo distribution
Frv Companion to Fr package to manipulate FrVect objects
basegdsroot Basic container and graphics libraries for use within ROOT
dataflow Raw data and metadata access utilities
dataviewer Offline version of the familiar control-room GUI tool
detgeom Matlab routines to define and manipulate detector geometry
dmtroot Data Monitoring Tool libraries built for use within ROOT
dtt Diagnostic Test Tools suite of graphical data-analysis programs
eventtool The LIGO Event Analysis Tool software, which is used within ROOT
fftw The FFTW package for Fast Fourier Transforms (used by LAL and Frv)
guild Graphical User Interface to LIGO Databases
httptools Simple utilities to retrieve files via http
ilwdread Matlab script to read an ilwd file
lal * The LIGO/LSC Algorithm Library
lalapps * A collection of utilities based on LAL
ldasjob High-level interface for running LDAS jobs from Tcl scripts
ligo-viewer Graphical user interface to view LIGO trend data
ltadmin LIGOtools administration utilities
medmguide Graphical user interface to examine EPICS medm (*.adl) files
metaio C library and utilities to read and manipulate LIGO_LW table files
mininds * Makes data on disk available via NDS protocol (used by the dtt package)
papers Assorted scripts to help prepare papers for publication
root The object-oriented data analysis and display environment developed at CERN
runtools Summarize status of interferometers during science/engineering runs
segments Generate and manipulate lists of GPS time intervals
tclexe Pre-built, standalone versions of Tcl/Tk shells (used by certain other LIGOtools packages)
time GPS/UTC/local time conversion utilities, plus a GPS clock
wat Wavelet Analysis Tool library and utilities for lossy compression of frame files
* Not installed by ligotools_update , but available on this web site for manual download and installation.


Problems? Questions? Comments? Have software to contribute? Contact Peter Shawhan <shawhan_p@ligo.caltech.edu> or Daniel Sigg <sigg_d@ligo-wa.caltech.edu>