[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

[SupportPlaza #PDS-980326]: broken link on ldm-mcidas pages



Hi Susan,

re: 
> My folks aren't needing McIDAS-X yet, but I guess I have to install
> it to get to LDM-McIDAS.?  My goal is simply to get the pnga2area
> decoder for Mac 10.4.9.

Ah Ha!  The plot thickens!!

> Already have LDM and GEMPAK so I think all I
> need now is LDM-McIDAS. And the libs and includes from netCDF and
> McIDAS-X. I did find binaries (dated Mar 2007) for netcdf, but guess
> it would be better to do the McIDAS build anyway.

Well, ldm-mcidas-2004 was not supported on MacOS-X 10.4, so your ldm-mcidas
build will fail at some point.  I helped a user at San Francisco State
build enough of the ldm-mcidas distribution to get a viable pnga2area
decoder.  In doing this I did _not_ install McIDAS.  Rather, I setup
the environment variables related to McIDAS (CPP_MCIDAS and LD_MCIDAS)
to point to fictitions directories/files just to satisfy 'configure'.
I then ran 'make' and let it fail for the routines that needed to link
against the McIDAS library/use McIDAS include files.  I seem to remember
that the make failure occurs after pnga2area is built, so your objective
can be fulfilled.

I could login and get the decoder built for you if you like.  To do this
I would need your 'ldm' login information.  Please let me know if you
want/need this.

> Thanks for your help.

No worries.

Last comment:  the next version of ldm-mcidas is in progress now.  It
removes the McIDAS dependency for builds, and will be fully supported
under MacOS-X (as will McIDAS-X v2007).

Cheers,

Tom
****************************************************************************
Unidata User Support                                    UCAR Unidata Program
(303) 497-8642                                                 P.O. Box 3000
address@hidden                                   Boulder, CO 80307
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unidata HomePage                       http://www.unidata.ucar.edu
****************************************************************************


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: PDS-980326
Department: Support ldm-mcidas
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed


NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.