Difference between revisions of "Install GMT"
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</nowiki><pre><nowiki>sh install_gmt gmt_install</nowiki></pre> | </nowiki><pre><nowiki>sh install_gmt gmt_install</nowiki></pre> | ||
* If everything is successful, the script will suggest some environment settings just before exiting. Set them in eigher .bashrc file in your home directory (affects only you) or at /etc/bashrc file (better). My settings are like this: <nowiki> | * If everything is successful, the script will suggest some environment settings just before exiting. Set them in eigher .bashrc file in your home directory (affects only you) or at /etc/bashrc file (better). My settings are like this: <nowiki> | ||
</nowiki><pre><nowiki>#GMT settings | </nowiki><pre><nowiki> | ||
#GMT settings | |||
export NETCDFHOME=/usr/local/NetCDF | export NETCDFHOME=/usr/local/NetCDF | ||
export GMTHOME=/usr/local/GMT/GMT4.1.1 | export GMTHOME=/usr/local/GMT/GMT4.1.1 | ||
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export MANPATH=$MANPATH:/usr/local/GMT/GMT4.1.1/man to MANPATH | export MANPATH=$MANPATH:/usr/local/GMT/GMT4.1.1/man to MANPATH | ||
#GMT settings end | #GMT settings end | ||
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Revision as of 06:43, 23 March 2006
Preamble
GMT installation is explained in detail in the GMT Homepge. I recommend the following to windows users.
While it is perfectly possible to run Cygwin using the dos shell, it is much less painfull to first install Cygwin -- a free, open-source, UNIX-like shell environment for Windows and then use that environment to get going as if you are on a UNIX computer.
Assuming that you either are on a UNIX computer or have Cygwin installed on Windows with all the basic stuff like compilers (gcc, g77), utilities (awk, sed), etc., do the following to install GMT.
Installation
- Check whether you can acces ftp sites. If you are behind a firwall, there may be problems. Then the following method will NOT work.
- Access the install form on GMT homepage. (Last time I checked, it was here.
- There is a link on the form to download the script called install_gmt. Download and save it now.
- Fill in the form. Keep the following in mind.
- NetCDF Setup
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- Select "Please get and install netCDF ..." option
- Give /usr/local/netCDF/ as the path
- High and Full resolutions coastline data
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- Click to get them unless your network is very very slow (Default is not to get).
- Select the C compiler you want to use
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- gcc
- Select default GMTHOME directory
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- /usr/local/GMT
- Select supplemental packages to install
- Unclick this unless you have Matlab: *MEX: Matlab interface for reading/writing GMT grdfiles
- Submit the form and save the result as gmt_install.txt
- Go to the place where you have install_gmt script and the above file. Do the following
sh install_gmt gmt_install
- If everything is successful, the script will suggest some environment settings just before exiting. Set them in eigher .bashrc file in your home directory (affects only you) or at /etc/bashrc file (better). My settings are like this:
#GMT settings export NETCDFHOME=/usr/local/NetCDF export GMTHOME=/usr/local/GMT/GMT4.1.1 export PATH=/usr/local/GMT/GMT4.1.1/bin:$PATH export MANPATH=$MANPATH:/usr/local/GMT/GMT4.1.1/man to MANPATH #GMT settings end
