Unidata McIDAS-X - Update Procedure

Table Of Contents:

Overview of Updating Unidata McIDAS-X

The Unidata McIDAS-X distribution (available in mcidasx2008.tar.gz in the UPC's passworded McIDAS FTP account) will always contain all modifications and additions made to the initial release.

The accumulated set of modifications and additions to the original distribution will always be available in mcupdate.tar.gz and in the FTP unix/2008/bugfix directory. This update file is designed to be unpacked using the Bourne shell script, mcupdate that is contained in the 2008 package directory: ~mcidas/mcidas2008/update.

After your initial Unidata McIDAS-X installation, you should periodically check the Unidata McIDAS-X Updates page for changes that you need to make to your software.

Getting and Unpacking the Update

  1. The user mcidas should download the compressed file that has the updates that are needed:

      Web download
        If you are a Registered Unidata User, and have logged into the Unidata web portal, you can download by holding down the Shift key and clicking mouse button 1 on: mcupdate.tar.gz. Make sure to download it to the ~mcidas/mcidas2008/update directory!

      FTP download 

        Type: cd ~mcidas/mcidas2008/update
Type: ftp ftp.unidata.ucar.edu
      <user>
      <pass>
      cd unix/2008/bugfix
      binary
      get mcunpack
      get mcupdate.tar.gz
      quit

  • Next, run mcupdate to unpack the modified files:

    mcupdate runs gunzip and tar to unpack the update file into appropriate directories.

    Building and Installing Updates

    Since the addendum compressed tar file, mcupdate.tar.gz, will always contain the accumulated updates to Unidata McIDAS, it is safest to always remake and reinstall your distribution after running mcupdate.

    McIDAS-X

    The following steps should be taken in the order listed. 

    < as mcidas >

EXIT all active McIDAS-X sessions

Type: cd ~mcidas/mcidas2008/src
Type: make mcx
Type: make install.mcx

    McIDAS-XCD

    If you are also running McIDAS-XCD on this workstation, do the following in the order listed: 

    <as ldm>

Type: ldmadmin stop

<wait until all LDM processes have exited >

<as mcidas>

Type: cd ~mcidas/mcidas2008/src
Type: make xcd
Type: make install.xcd

<as ldm>

Type: ldmadmin start

    McIDAS-XRD

    If you want to use the McIDAS-XRD routines included in v2008 on your workstation, do the following in the order listed: 

    <as mcidas>

Type: cd ~mcidas/mcidas2008/src
Type: make xrd
Type: make install.xrd

    Send questions/comments to Unidata McIDAS Support <support-mcidas@unidata.ucar.edu>.