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A.5 Updating the data repository

Each CASA release for linux comes with an up to date data repository (containing information such as observatory coordinates, calibrator models, leap second tables, etc.). However, the files that make up the data repository are updated regularly. Therefore, if you install (or have installed) a release that is a few weeks to a month old, it makes sense to update the data repository because it is very easy. On a Mac, the data repository is updated every time you run ’casapy’. For Linux, you just change to the ’data directory in the installation root and run "svn update". This will sync your local copy of the CASA data repository with the repository maintained by the CASA group, e.g.

will start syncing:

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