diff --git a/source/manual_galplot_build b/source/manual_galplot_build
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+module unload gcc
+
+source manual_galplot_compile
+source manual_galplot_compile_one
+source manual_galplot_link
+source manual_galplot_setenv
+
+./galplot 54 galplotdef_fake
+
+
diff --git a/source/manual_galplot_compile b/source/manual_galplot_compile
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+echo for /usr/bin/gcc 
+module unload gcc
+
+ 
+echo ../config.h is needed but generated by ./configure
+
+
+
+g++ -I. -I..   -I/afs/ipp-garching.mpg.de/home/a/aws/propagate/c/cfitsio/3.26/gcc_sles11_olga2/cfitsio/include -I/afs/ipp-garching.mpg.de/home/a/aws/propagate/c/CCfits/gcc_olga2_sles11_cfitsio3.26/usr/local/include -I/afs/ipp-garching.mpg.de/home/a/aws/Healpix/Healpix_3.11/src/cxx/generic_gcc/include -I/afs/ipp-garching.mpg.de/home/a/aws/propagate/c/CLHEP/2.0.4.3/installed_here/include -I/afs/ipp-garching.mpg.de/home/a/aws/gsl/gsl-1.10/olga/include   -I/afs/ipp-garching.mpg.de/home/a/aws/volume3/root_v5.34.13/root/include -I/afs/ipp/u/aws/propagate/c/sla_c_g++/include -DHAVE_ALM_HEALPIX_TOOLS_H   -DGALDEF_PATH=\"/afs/ipp/u/aws/propagate/c/GALDEF\" -DFITSDATA_PATH=\"/afs/ipp/u/aws/propagate/c/FITS\"  -DDATA_PATH=\"/afs/ipp/u/aws/propagate/c/gitlab/galprop/version_54/source/fortran_data\" -O3 -fopenmp -c  *.cc 
+
diff --git a/source/manual_galplot_compile_one b/source/manual_galplot_compile_one
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+++ b/source/manual_galplot_compile_one
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+echo for /usr/bin/gcc 
+module unload gcc
+
+ 
+
+g++ -I. -I..   -I/afs/ipp-garching.mpg.de/home/a/aws/propagate/c/cfitsio/3.26/gcc_sles11_olga2/cfitsio/include -I/afs/ipp-garching.mpg.de/home/a/aws/propagate/c/CCfits/gcc_olga2_sles11_cfitsio3.26/usr/local/include -I/afs/ipp-garching.mpg.de/home/a/aws/Healpix/Healpix_3.11/src/cxx/generic_gcc/include -I/afs/ipp-garching.mpg.de/home/a/aws/propagate/c/CLHEP/2.0.4.3/installed_here/include -I/afs/ipp-garching.mpg.de/home/a/aws/gsl/gsl-1.10/olga/include   -I/afs/ipp-garching.mpg.de/home/a/aws/volume3/root_v5.34.13/root/include -I/afs/ipp/u/aws/propagate/c/sla_c_g++/include -DHAVE_ALM_HEALPIX_TOOLS_H   -DGALDEF_PATH=\"/afs/ipp/u/aws/propagate/c/GALDEF\" -DFITSDATA_PATH=\"/afs/ipp/u/aws/propagate/c/FITS\"  -DDATA_PATH=\"/afs/ipp/u/aws/propagate/c/gitlab/galprop/version_54/source/fortran_data\" -O3 -fopenmp -c  Galplot.cc 
+
diff --git a/source/manual_galplot_link b/source/manual_galplot_link
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+++ b/source/manual_galplot_link
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+echo this is for /ush/bin/gcc 
+echo order of healpix -l is important
+
+g++   -O3 -Wall -fopenmp -o galplot *.o  -L/afs/ipp-garching.mpg.de/home/a/aws/propagate/c/cfitsio/3.26/gcc_sles11_olga2/cfitsio/lib -lcfitsio -L/afs/ipp-garching.mpg.de/home/a/aws/propagate/c/CCfits/gcc_olga2_sles11_cfitsio3.26/usr/local/lib -lCCfits -L/afs/ipp/u/aws/propagate/c/sla_c_g++/lib -lsla_c  -L/afs/ipp-garching.mpg.de/home/a/aws/Healpix/Healpix_3.11/src/cxx/generic_gcc/lib -lhealpix_cxx -lcxxsupport -lsharp -lfftpack -lc_utils -L/afs/ipp-garching.mpg.de/home/a/aws/volume3/root_v5.34.13/root/lib  -L/afs/ipp-garching.mpg.de/home/a/aws/volume3/root_v5.34.13/root/lib  -lCore -lCint -lGraf -lGpad -lHistPainter -lNew -lGX11 -lPostscript -lMatrix -lHist -lMinuit -lMinuit2 -lRIO -lMathCore -lThread  -lgfortran  -L/afs/ipp-garching.mpg.de/home/a/aws/gsl/gsl-1.10/olga/lib -lgsl -lgslcblas -lm -L/afs/ipp-garching.mpg.de/home/a/aws/propagate/c/CLHEP/2.0.4.3/installed_here/lib -lCLHEP
diff --git a/source/manual_galplot_setenv b/source/manual_galplot_setenv
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+++ b/source/manual_galplot_setenv
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+setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /afs/ipp-garching.mpg.de/home/a/aws/volume3/root_v5.34.13/root/lib:/afs/ipp-garching.mpg.de/home/a/aws/propagate/c/CCfits/gcc_olga2_sles11_cfitsio3.26/usr/local/lib:/afs/ipp-garching.mpg.de/home/a/aws/propagate/c/CLHEP/2.0.4.3/installed_here/lib