[McIDAS #NVD-511681]: McIDAS install tip

Hi Gilbert,

re: Fortran compiler on alternate machine running FC5
> OK. So www.ehs.niu.edu now has McIDAS on it.

Very good.

> I had wondered why g77 wasn't
> working. I did have it on there; but the legacy version
> was not on there.

Right.  'locate g77' showed no executable called 'g77'.

> I had to go to the Fedora Linux users group for help. One
> person replied with this; maybe this should be used to compile
> McIDAS instead of the legacy g77?

This would require, at a minimum, a change in ~mcidas/mcidas2006/mccomp.sh
to check to see if 'g77' or 'gfortran' was available.  Also, we have
run into issues using 'gfortran' for other applications that we
distribute and/or support.  Because of this, I am holding off using
'gfortran' for the present.

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 09:57:50 +0100
> From: Chris Jones
> Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: Re: What RPM do I need to get g77 working?
> 
> 
> > Sigh. yum -y install *77 did the trick just after I sent that email. Found
> > compat-gcc-77 and its requirements. Sorry for the wasted bandwidth...
> 
> Just for your info, that will give you the old GCC 3.2.3 F77 compiler as
> partof the gcc32 suite.
> 
> If instead you wish to use the new F95 compiler that comes with the default
> FC5 gcc version (4.1.1) (should handle F77 code fine) then simply use the
> command "gfortran" instead of "g77".
> 
> cheers Chris
> 
> jonesc@localhost ~ > g77 --version
> GNU Fortran (GCC 3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-55.fc5)) 3.2.3 20030502
> (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-13)
> Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> 
> jonesc@localhost ~ > gfortran --version
> GNU Fortran 95 (GCC) 4.1.1 20060525 (Red Hat 4.1.1-1)
> Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> 
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Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: NVD-511681
Department: Support McIDAS
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed