# LSST Science Pipeline release version 16.0 now available

**URL:** <https://www.rubin.community/t/lsst-science-pipeline-release-version-16-0-now-available/3042>\
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**Tags:** stack-releases\
**Created:** [July 12, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/lsst-science-pipeline-release-version-16-0-now-available/3042 "2018-07-12T21:18:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![gcomoretto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/www.rubin.community/gcomoretto/32/640_2.png) [@gcomoretto](https://www.rubin.community/u/gcomoretto)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/lsst-science-pipeline-release-version-16-0-now-available/3042/1 "2018-07-12T21:18:50Z")

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Version 16.0 of the LSST Science Pipeline is now available. Extensive documentation including installation instructions, release notes and scientific characterization are available as usual at:

[https://pipelines.lsst.io](https://pipelines.lsst.io)

This release offers native binary packages for recent releases of RHEL and MacOS which will speed up installation times for many users. Major changes in functionality and/or interfaces are listed here:

[https://pipelines.lsst.io/releases/notes.html#release-v16-0](https://pipelines.lsst.io/releases/notes.html#release-v16-0)

Many thanks to @josh for all the work done during the release process, to @frossie for all the guidance, to @KSK for preparing the characterization report, to @swinbank drafting the release note, to @timj for the support and @jsick for the updates to [pipelines.lsst.io](http://pipelines.lsst.io). And of course many thanks to all DM developers who contributed to this release.

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**Author:** ![FabioHernandez](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/www.rubin.community/fabiohernandez/32/82_2.png) [@FabioHernandez](https://www.rubin.community/u/FabioHernandez)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 5:13am UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/lsst-science-pipeline-release-version-16-0-now-available/3042/2 "2018-07-13T05:13:20Z")

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If you are interested in getting v16.0 as well as other stable and weekly releases **delivered to your personal computer** or to the compute nodes of your favorite cluster, without installing those releases yourself, please visit [https://sw.lsst.eu](https://sw.lsst.eu)

There you will find detailed information on how to configure your computer to get `lsst_distrib` (and `lsst_sims`) for Linux and macOS operating systems.