19991102: dopnwload information for Unidata software

>From: Ramakrishna Nemani <address@hidden>
>Organization: .
>Keywords: 199911012028.NAA14835

>
>       Hi,
>       We just signed an agreement with UNIDATA and we would like to set
>up an account to start using the software packages. I would be grateful if
>you could start one for us.
>
>thank you,
>
>rama
>
>
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>Ramakrishna Nemani                     e-mail:address@hidden
>NTSG, School of Forestry               PHONE:  406-243-4632
>University of Montana                  FAX:    406-243-4510
>Missoula, MT 59812                             
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Rama,

We have your license information and can provide you with access information.

NetCDF and LDM are freely available software packages from out ftp server
(ftp.unidata.ucar.edu) so there is no restriction about downloading
those packages. LDM is located under pub/ldm5/ldm.tar.Z (binary under 
pub/binary/xxxOSxxx)
and NetCDF is found under pub/netcdf/netcdf.tar.Z.

If you need to obtain realtime data via the IDD, you should install the LDM 
software (installation instructions are found online at:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/ldm/).
Once you have installed the LDM software and are ready to obtain data,
you will need to send your site information to address@hidden
as described in the LDM installation WWW pages at:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/ldm/ldmConfigInstallList.html#s3

Our primary data display packages GEMPAK and McIDAS are accessed through 
passworded
ftp accounts. I'm not sure at this point what your site needs and 
operating system characteristics are- so I don't know exactly what you are 
interested in. I will provide you with the Gempak download information here, and
if you wish to download McIDAS, please send a request for the download and 
installation
information in to address@hidden and Tom Yoksas, who is responsible for
that package) will send you the relevant information.

The information you need to download gempak is:
host: ftp.unidata.ucar.edu
login: gbuddy
passwd: XXXXXX

Here are the general source download and building instructions. If
you are running Solaris x86 or Linux, you can download binary distributions
for these platforms. In particular, GEMPAK requires Motif which is not
part of Linux (must be purchased separately), so you would likely
need to download the binary distribution.

The source distribution is found under
~gbuddy/nawips-5.4/gempak54upc_pl12.tar.gz

The current tar file is patched through patch level 12.

To build Gempak from source, download and unpack the distribution into
a clean directory. Edit the csh file Gemenviron in the top directory
and define the NAWIPS environmental variable to be the directory you
unpacked into. Source the Gemenviron variables into your csh
environment to define $NAWIPS and all the tree locations relative to
NAWIPS. Then, if your system is standard configuration for Solaris,
Solaris for Intel (X86) IRIX, OSF/1, AIX, Linux, HPUX- you should be able 
to just type "make all", followed by "make install" when the compilation 
finishes. 
If you have libraries in non-standard places, then the 
$NAWIPS/config/Makeinc.xxxxx
file for your OS would have to be modified. You should not modify the 
optimization levels since some compilers don't work well with aggressive
optimization.

Documentation for GEMAPK can be found as postscript files under
the $NAWIPS/doc/User_Guide directory, as well as online at:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/gempak/tutorial/

All users that use Gempak should source Gemenviron into their csh
environment to define the Gempak variables and add the executable
directory into their path. Once the distribution is installed,
you can edit the data directory locations defined in Gemenviron-
but thats not a priority for building.

Please let us know how we can assist you in getting set up. Since the
request you sent above does not mention specific applications or
hardware requirements, I have provided you with the general information.
We can provide you with more specific instructions etc if we know your
lab configuration and other needs.

Steve Chiswell