This is README file of the FITSBLINK program. Author: Jure Skvarc, jure.skvarc@ijs.si TO COMPILE: Obtain and install xforms and cfitsio libraries. Edit makefile and enter proper paths. Type make to produce fitsblink program. To make static version, type make static. TO INSTALL: Become root. Type make install. TO INSTALL BINARY VERSION: Download fitsblink-3.1-1.i386.rpm. Become root. type rpm -i fitsblink-3.1-1.i386.rpm. TO UNINSTALL RPM VERSION: Become root. type rpm -e fitsblink. TO PREPARE ACT CATALOG Download files from http://aries.usno.navy.mil/ad/act/act.html Go to makeact/ directory. Compile the program with cc makeact.c -o makeact Go the the directory where you put act*.dat files. Run for a in *.dat;do ~/c/fitsblink/makeact/makeact $a;done You will get *.bin and *.acc files used by fitsblink. DOCUMENTATION: In doc/ directory of the source distribution you will find fitsblink.tex and fitsblink.dvi. In doc/fitsblink there is fitsblink.html. RPM installs documentation into /usr/doc/fitsblink-3.0. First read the Quick start tutorial. (end of README)