Required Software

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<rst> To aid the IT department, this is a listing of required software packages and libraries that should be installed on the new machines. Please update this as appropriate. . .

    • FLEXPART Essential:**
 NCARG: 
 currently located: /homevip/flexpart/bin/ncarg 
 http://ngwww.ucar.edu/
 NCL:
 http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/
 PyNGL
 http://www.pyngl.ucar.edu/
 GRIB: 
 currently located: /homevip/flexpart/bin 
 http://www.ecmwf.int/products/data/software/grib_api.html
 gmeta scripts
 currently located: /flex_wrk/bin/gmeta
 libjasper
 http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/libjasper-dev


    • Compilers:**
 Absoft
 http://www.absoft.com/
 Do we still need this? Have we tested gfortran yet?
 gfortran
 http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy-updates/gfortran-4.2-multilib


    • Python Numerical Tools:**
 python-scipy:
 can be installed from apt-get
 python-matplotlib & Basemap
 version > 0.98.5 required
 other python:
 python-gdal, python-nose
 PYTHONPATH:
 should include: /flex_wrk/bin/site-packages
 Scientific
 Can use apt-get:
 python-scientific - Python modules useful for scientific computing
 python-scientific-doc - Python modules useful for scientific computing
    • Viewing/Editing Tools:**
  gvim 
  apt-get instal gvim
  graphical interface for vi
  Imagemagick
  apt-get install imagemagick
  converting different types of graphical formats (including gmeta)
  ufraw
  apt-get install ufraw
  raw image tool used by imagemagick
  Ghostview
  /usr/bin/gv
  apt-get install gv
  ghostview for viewing ps files
  latex
  ispell
  xv
  xpdf
  dcraw


    • Shells:**
 bash: /bin/sh
 
 ksh: /bin/ksh
 
 csh: /bin/csh
 zsh: /bin/zsh


Note, currently we're using /flex_wrk but this should be changed to a better location, or we could use /homevip/flexpart but the point is to try and set the paths so they are available from inside and outside. See the attached .bashrc file for flexpart

!`.bashrc`__

__ .bashrc


    • Command line tools**
 mail/mailx (for sending mail from batch jobs)
 
 svn (subversion client)
 
    • Libraries (both 64 and 32 bits)**
 libg2c.so.0, cert1.0, libstdc++, libXp.so.6 
    • Crontabs should be preserved**


    • Commercial Software**
 Matlab + Matlab Compiler on Oluf
 Absoft Compiler on Caro and Billy


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