This file contains instructions on how to install PetaScope. 

BUILD AND INSTALL:

- download the PetaScope package from www.petascope.org/Download
  and uncompress the tarball; alternatively, download from the
  repository saying
	$ git clone git://kahlua.eecs.jacobs-university.de/petascope.git
- compile the code and the servlet interface:
	$ ant
- edit the settings.properties configuration file
- initialize the PostgreSQL database for PetaScope metadata saying
	$ psql < misc/petascopedb.sql
- deploy the war file, dist/petascope.war, with Tomcat.

Please note that in order for PetaScope to run, you also need a 
rasdaman server available. You can download and install it from
www.rasdaman.org/Download

For further details, refer to the documentation available at
www.petascope.org/Install and www.petascope.org/Support.

VERSION COMPATIBILITY STATEMENT:

Petascope compiles successfully with Java 1.6.