M gnu/packages/astronomy.scm => gnu/packages/astronomy.scm +27 -0
@@ 51,3 51,30 @@ provides many advanced features for manipulating and filtering the information
in FITS files.")
(license (license:non-copyleft "file://License.txt"
"See License.txt in the distribution."))))
+
+(define-public wcslib
+ (package
+ (name "wcslib")
+ (version "5.15")
+ (source
+ (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append
+ "ftp://ftp.atnf.csiro.au/pub/software/wcslib/" name "-" version ".tar.bz2"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32 "1s2nig327g4bimd9xshlk11ww09a7mrjmsbpdcd8smsmn2kl1glb"))))
+ (inputs
+ `(("cfitsio" ,cfitsio)))
+ (build-system gnu-build-system)
+ (arguments
+ `(#:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
+ (add-before 'configure 'patch-/bin/sh
+ (lambda _
+ (substitute* "makedefs.in"
+ (("/bin/sh") "sh")))))))
+ (home-page "http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/mcalabre/WCS")
+ (synopsis "An implementation of the FITS WCS standard")
+ (description "The FITS \"World Coordinate System\" (WCS) standard defines
+keywords and usage that provide for the description of astronomical coordinate
+systems in a FITS image header.")
+ (license license:lgpl3+)))