[Met_help] Metv1 Install

[Yinka Adeosun]

Thanks for the heads up. I shall keep you posted on Monday, because 
that's when it shall be installed for the client.

Thanks,
Yinka.

Lacey Holland wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm going to give you a quick summary of how to install it here.  More 
> details about compiling MET and the required libraries are located in 
> the User's Guide, under the doc/ of the MET tarball (also available 
> from the MET website at: 
> http://www.dtcenter.org/met/users/docs/overview.php ).  The User's 
> Guide explains how to install MET in a more thorough fashion.
>
> I would recommend first download and installing the required 
> libraries, or asking a sys admin to help install these libraries for 
> you.  These are listed on the MET downloads page: 
> http://www.dtcenter.org/met/users/downloads/index.php
> and include: BUFRLIB, NetCDF, and the GNU Scientific Library, and f2c 
> (or g2c).
>
> All of these libraries should be installed with the same family of 
> compilers you want to use to run MET.  Currently, PGI and GNU 
> compilers are supported.
>
> If you are running Red Hat Linux on a 64-bit computer, however, you 
> only need the GNU Scientific Library and the NetCDF Library and will 
> also have to comment out line 192 of the Makefile (or line 186 of 
> Makefile_pgi, if you are using a PGI compiler), so the module PB2NC 
> will not be compiled.
>
> Once the required libraries are installed and the MET tarball is 
> unpacked, you are almost ready to compile METv1.0.  First, edit the 
> Makefile (or Makefile_pgi, if you are using a PGI compiler), changing 
> the first several lines of the file to point to where your C++ and 
> Fortran77 compilers, MET directory, NetCDF library, BUFR library, and 
> other libraries are located.  Once you've updated your Makefile, type 
> "make" (or "make -f Makefile_pgi" for the PGI version) to compile 
> MET.  Some warnings are expected during the compilation but at the end 
> a message saying "*** Finished Making the Model Evaluation Tools 
> Project ***" should appear, if your build was successful.
>
> Please let me know if there's anything more specific you would like to 
> know, or what else I can do to help.  Also, please note there is a 
> known issues page where common problems are reported: 
> http://www.dtcenter.org/met/users/support/known_issues/index.php
>
>
> Good luck!
> --Lacey Holland
>
>
>
>
> Yinka Adeosun wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This is a new product to me. I have never used it, and I'd need a 
>> hand-holding instruction to INSTALL it for a client using rhel4 at NOAA.
>>
>> I'd appreciate any effort to make this install pain-free, please.
>>
>> Regards,
>