RE: installing the fits package

[JohnD]

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> Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2019 18:09:09 -0500
> From: doug brenner <address@hidden>
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> Subject: installing the fits package
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> The fits packages is an external page for read and writing fits files.
When I try
> to install it, I get a lengthy error message. (attached) I think it would
be
> sufficient if someone could tell me how to modified the PKG_CONFIG_PATH
> and where to put the .h files.
> I assume the answer to the latter is here: /Volumes/Macintosh
> HD/Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/usr/include and I would use
> the unix command mv or cp from the terminal. I?m running on a MAC.
> Thanks
> 

The log says:
> pkg install -forge fits
Package cfitsio was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `cfitsio.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'cfitsio' found



So do you have the cfitsio development package installed ?