GAVO DC Software Distribution

The software driving the GAVO data center is available under the GPL. There are some libraries and user tools that came into being in the close vicinity of the data center. All that can be downloaded here.

If you are interested in using this software, it is recommended to run a Debian-derived operating system and install the software through apt. See our page on the GAVO APT repository. However, with a bit of manual effort, you can get it to work on other machines, too.

Software packages distributed by the GAVO data center include:

• DaCHS -- the full data center software suite.
• VO libraries -- read and write VOTables, work with VO STC specifications, parse ADQL...
• Splat local releases -- a spectral analysis program.
• The Dexter applet/programme to extract data from printed figures.
• the TAP shell -- an early client for the Table Access Protocol; now only kept here to document history.

There is work-in-progress documentation on DaCHS and the component libraries. In particular, you may want to skim over the tutorial to get an idea what you can do with DaCHS.