Obtaining McIDAS-X

To get McIDAS-X upgrades from the Unidata McIDAS Web site, complete the steps listed below.

File Name	Description
WHATSNEW.2008	upgrade information file
mcunpack	shell script that creates the installation directory structure and unpacks the distribution into the package build directories
mcinet2008.sh	shell script that sets up system files needed by the ADDE remote server
mcidasx2008.tar.gz	compressed tar file containing the source and data files
MAY08INQ.TXT	list of changed modules grouped by SSEC inquiry number
MAY08OPN.TXT	list of open (unresolved) SSEC inquiries
MAY08PRG.TXT	list of changed modules in alphabetical order

NOTES:

Access to the Unidata McIDAS-X distribution is restricted to registered, mostly university users. If you have not already done so, Register as a Unidata User before you attempt to download the distribution.
Some web browsers require that you hold down the shift key when you left click on file that you want to download if that file contains plain ASCII text.

Obtaining Unidata McIDAS-X 2008 from the Unidata McIDAS Web Site

1. Use your Web browser to download the files listed in the table above.

2. Log on to the McIDAS-X workstation as user mcidas and move the downloaded files to the mcidas HOME directory.

3. List the files and check the ownership. If the McIDAS-X files are owned by user mcidas, skip steps 4-6.

Type: ls -l ~mcidas

4. Change the ownership to user mcidas, if needed. You must have root permission to do this. Switch to user root.

Type: su root

5. Change to the ~mcidas directory.

Type: cd ~mcidas

6. Run the command below for each of the downloaded McIDAS-X files.

Type: chown mcidasfile

7. Change the mode of mcunpack to be executable.

Type: chmod +x mcunpack