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>From: Larry Riddle <address@hidden> >Organization: UCSD/Scripps >Keywords: 200110172205.f9HM5N103452 McIDAS-X download and install Larry, Sorry I couldn't get to this before now, but I was on travel all of last week. >I want to install a single user (non-root access) version of McIDAS on my >DEC Alpha. The "uname -a" report output is "OSF1 climate.ucsd.edu V5.0 >1094 Alpha". Which source code and scripts should I use? If you are registered as a Unidata user, you can get to the McIDAS distribution through the Unidata McIDAS-X HomePage: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/mcidas/780 Click on the 'Download Software' link and login using the registration user name/password that you already setup. You will eventually get to a depiction of the FTP directory structure for McIDAS. You should go to the unix/780 directory and download the following files to the HOME directory of your McIDAS user 'mcidas': mcinstall mcidasx780.tar.Z After the transfer, you will have to make mcinsatll executable: chmod +x mcinstall and also define some environment variables needed for the McIDAS build. Please refer to the installation information for McIDAS for details: Unidata McIDAS-X 7.80 HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/mcidas/780/index.html Installation and Configuration http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/mcidas/780/mcx/mcidas-x.html The quick and dirty check list is: o define needed environment variables in your shell specific configuration file (.cshrc for C shell users; .profile for Bourne shell users; .kshrc for Korn shell users; etc.) o make those changes active in your session (e.g., source .cshr; . .profile; etc. or simply logoff and then log back on) o unpack the McIDAS distribution: ./mcinstall o build the McIDAS-X portion of the distribution: cd mcidas7.8/src make mcx o if the build proceeds to completion with no errors, install McIDAS: make install.mcx At this point, McIDAS will be installed. You should then be able to startup a McIDAS MCGUI session; configure some servers to go to for various kinds of data; and then start diplaying "stuff": <set DISPLAY to your machine and then start McIDAS up> cd workdata mcidas config I recommend chaning the default image size from 480x640 to 600x800 if you are running your X display in a resolution greater than 600x800. Also, you will need to click on the radiobutton that will cause MCGUI to run AND make sure that the settings you are making are saved (a radiobutton near the bottom of the McIDAS GUI startup widget that you will be interacting with). Once McIDAS is up and running the MCGUI, you will need to configure it to point at existing ADDE servers before you can start displaying data. The widget for doing this, the Client Routing Table Configuration widget, is accessed either through the funky dual PC button on the MCGUI (just to the right of the red Z button), or through the Configure dropdown menu at the top of the MCGUI. I recommend you first setup your session to access the following servers: Dataset Group Recommended 1st Time Server -----------------+--------------------------- GRID Tab RTGRIDS PAPAGAYO.UNL.EDU IMAGE Tab CIMSS PAPAGAYO.UNL.EDU AMRC UWAMRC.SSEC.WISC.EDU GINICOMP SNOW.PLYMOUTH.EDU GINIEAST CACIMBO.GGY.UGA.EDU GINIWEST PAPAGAYO.UNL.EDU ME7 IO.SCA.UQAM.EDU RTIMAGES PAPAGAYO.UNL.EDU RTNEXRAD ADDE.UCAR.EDU RTNOWRAD LOCAL-DATA TOPO LOCAL-DATA POINT Tab RTPTSRC PAPAGAYO.UNL.EDU TEXT Tab RTWXTEXT PAPAGAYO.UNL.EDU The various servers are accessible through the drop down menus from the Client Routing Table Configuration GUI referred to above. Please let me know if you run into any snags, or if I can help get you going. Tom