>From: Robert Ballentine <address@hidden>
>Organization: SUNY Oswego
>Keywords: 200009100106.e8A167b03941 ldm-mcidas RedHat 5.2 Linux
Bob,
> I'm trying to update my ldm-mcidas decoders to 7.6.4 on a Pentium III
>running Red Hat Linux 5.2 and ldm-5.0.8. I cannot use the ldm-mcidas
>binaries available from Unidata since they are for Red Hat 6.2.
I no longer have a 5.2 machine on which I can create ldm-mcidas
binaries. If I did, I would cut you a distribution so you wouldn't
have to mess with building from source.
>Therefore,
>I need to build ldm-mcidas-7.6.4 from source on my Red Hat 5.2 machine.
>I am hoping not to lose out satellite data next Friday.
I am sure that we can get you up and running by the end of the day on
Monday.
> Apparently, I need to get
>mcidas installed in order to link to the libraries and include files.
Yes.
>I can't remember the password to get access to the mcidas software. Would
>you please refresh my memory so that I can download either the mcidas-x
>binaries for Red hat Linux 5.2 or the source code for mcidas-x so that I
>can build mcidas-x under linux5.2.
There are no McIDAS-X binaries, so you will (unfortunately) need to
download the source and build the distribution at least until the point
that the McIDAS-X and netCDF library are available (McIDAS-X starting
with release 7.5 comes with netCDF). Here is the information you need
to access the distribution:
machine: ftp.unidata.ucar.edu
user: umcidas
pass: XXXXXX
directory: unix/760
files: mcinstall, mcidasx760.tar.Z
The comrpessed tar file is > 40 MB, so the FTP may take a little while.
If you build the distribution to completion, you will need ~250 MB
of disk.
Since you have been out of the loop in building McIDAS for awhile, here
is what to do:
o create a 'mcidas' account with sufficient disk space available
and then login as 'mcidas'
cd ~mcidas
o ftp ftp.unidata.ucar.edu
<user>
<pass>
cd unix/760
binary
get mcinstall
get mcidasx760.tar.Z
quit
o define the environment variable McINST_ROOT to be the HOME directory
for 'mcidas'. If you are using the C shell, this would be:
setenv McINST_ROOT /home/mcidas
if /home/mcidas is the home directory for 'mcidas'. I will use this
throughout the rest of this email, and you can replace the actual
home directory in the instructions as needed.
o define environment variables needed to build the netCDF component of
the McIDAS-X distribution:
setenv CC gcc
setenv CFLAGS -O
setenv FC mcfc
setenv FFLAGS -O
setenv LD_X11 '-L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11'
setenv CPP_MCIDAS '-I/home/mcidas/mcidas7.6/src'
setenv LD_MCIDAS '-L/home/mcidas/lib -lmcidas'
setenv CPP_NETCDF '-I/home/mcidas/mcidas7.6/netcdf/libsrc'
setenv LD_NETCDF '-L/home/mcidas/mcidas7.6/netcdf/libsrc -lnetcdf'
o set environment variables pointing to the LDM include files and library:
setenv CPP_LDM '-I/usr/local/ldm/include'
setenv LD_LDM '-L/usr/local/ldm/lib -lldm'
o make mcinstall executable:
chmod +x mcinstall
o unpack the distribution:
./mcinstall
o build the distribution:
cd mcidas7.6/src
make mcx
o at this point McIDAS-X and the netCDF will be built. You can either
build the entire distribution, or wait until McIDAS executables start
are to be compiled/linked. The indication of this is the compilation
of main.c.
o after the McIDAS-X and netCDF libraries are available, you can build
the ldm-mcidas decoders:
<login as 'ldm'>
cd ~ldm
ftp ftp.unidata.ucar.edu
<user> anonymous
<pass> your email address
binary
cd pub/ldm-mcidas
get ldm-mcidas-7.6.4.tar.Z
quit
o unpack the ldm-mcidas distribution:
zcat ldm-mcidas-7.6.4.tar.Z | tar xvf -
o run configure and then build the ldm-mcidas decoders:
cd ldm-mcidas7.6.4/src
./configure
make
make test
make install
>By any chance, would it be possible to get binaries for ldm-mcidas-7.6.4
>for Red Hat Linux 5.2?
If I had a RedHat 5.2 Linux box to build on, I would make the binaries
available. I am sorry that I no longer have such a box available.
>I think this would save me and perhaps others a lot of work.
It seems that all sites that I know are running Linux have upgraded to
a 6.x release.
Perhaps you would allow me to cut a binary distribution on your
machine? This would help others out that may be in the same situation
as you. In fact, I would be willing to do the McIDAS-X build to the
point of having a useful set of libraries and then do the ldm-mcidas
build, so that I could cut a 5.2 binary distribution. If you want me
to do this, I would need a login as both 'mcidas' and 'ldm'. Please
let me know.
> Thanks,
Sorry I don't have a ready binary available.
Tom Yoksas
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