Installation and Update

Installation

Recommended: Download and install the package using gsm. This is the simplest and the recommended way.

  1. Get and install gsm

    mkdir $HOME/install
cd $HOME/install
wget https://data.gempa.de/packages/Public/gsm/gempa-gsm.tar.gz
tar xvf gempa-gsm.tar.gz
rm gempa-gsm.tar.gz

  2. Initial setup

    cd gsm
./gsm setup

    Follow the instructions.

  3. Installation

    ./gsm update
./gsm install catalyst

Manual installation (not preferred): Download the package file and unpack it from the directory above the $SEISCOMP_ROOT directory:

cd $SEISCOMP_ROOT/..
tar xvf <package-file-name>

Both procedures result in a complete installation. However, gsm remembers the installation. During updates with gsm only required files are kept, while manual installations eventually accumulate old files, e.g. libraries.

System dependencies

Catalyst needs a few system packages in addition to SeisComP, mainly Qt 6 libraries. The package ships install scripts for the supported distributions in @DATADIR@/deps/<distribution>/<version>/install-catalyst.sh. Install the dependencies with the SeisComP helper as root or with sudo:

seiscomp install-deps catalyst

Scripts are provided for Debian 12 and 13, Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04 and 26.04, and RHEL 8, 9 and 10.

Optional components

  • Origin score: the Score column and the Score QC metric use the OriginMultiFeature score processor of scevent. Load the scoremf plugin as described in configuration. Without it the score shows N/A and everything else works.

  • Topography: the 3D view draws topography from GEBCO tiles if they are found in the folder set by demPath.

  • Grid search: the scautoloc grid-search nucleator needs a scautoloc grid.conf file, and optionally a station.conf file.

Package update

For updating apply the same procedure as for installation. We recommend to use gsm for updating. Old files not required or provided with the new version will be removed. Close catalyst before updating

gsm update
gsm install catalyst

Note

  • During updates all files provided with the package are overwritten, including default configurations. User-defined configurations, such as @SYSTEMCONFIGDIR@/catalyst.cfg and the profile files, are not changed. In order to keep changes of files also provided by the installation package, give different names to the changed files.