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Hi, Our web statistics show that you downloaded Unidata McIDAS-X v2007 sometime between August 7-10. Since I have made several important changes to the distribution since then, I urge you to re-download and re-build the distribution. The easiest way to accomplish this is: <login to your workstation as the user 'mcidas'> cd ~mcidas -- download McIDAS-X v2007 via the web or FTP cd ~mcidas/mcidas2007/src make clobber cd ~mcidas ./mcunpack cd ~mcidas/mcidas2007/src make all make install.all cd $MCDATA mcxconfig The last step has you run the v2007 McIDAS-X/-XCD configuration script, mcxconfig. This script will lead you through the process of configuring McIDAS. It will also create files of information that can be used to configure the LDM to ingest and process data for McIDAS: ldmd.conf_mcidas pqact.conf_mcidasA pqact.conf_mcidasB crontab.ldm_mcidas Please review: Unidata McIDAS-X v2007 Release Announcement http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/mcidas/current/release.html ABCs of Upgrading from a Previous Distribution http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/mcidas/current/upgrade_notes.html Installing McIDAS-X on Unix or Mac OS X Workstations http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/mcidas/current/users_guide/InstallingMcIDAS-XonUnixorMacOSXWorkstations.html for additional information. Please let me know if you run into any snags with the new distribution. 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 ****************************************************************************