Does anyone use the GEMPAK software?

[Tyler Allison]

yea..lol.

Do you have AIM? It'd probably be easier to talk on that. :?

Sorry I dont..you're the second person to ask that in less than a week. I guess I better get on the bandwagon.

 

[V. Gensini]

I'm having trouble running GEMPAK. I have unzipped the tar file and seem to be stuck running the executable files. I have installed the binary version, so I am assuming it shouldn't be that hard. I'm a newbie to linux, so any help would be appreciated...

 

[rdale]

There is a simple install document that comes with the package - have you followed that step by step? If you still have problems, let me know where you're stuck. If you really can't get it, take a look at some of the places who provide pre-packaged setups, ready to run.

- Rob

 

[V. Gensini]

I'm not sure which library I am missing....

Making all in /home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/comet/garp/xpm/linux
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/comet/garp/xpm/linux'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/comet/garp/xpm/linux'
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXm
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [linux/garp] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/comet/garp'
installing in /home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/comet/etamap
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/comet/etamap'
install -s etamap /home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/os/linux/bin
install etamap.pdf /home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/gempak/pdf
install etamap.prm /home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/gempak/parm
install etamap.hlp /home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/gempak/help/hlp
cp *.hl1 /home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/gempak/help/hlx
cp *.hl2 /home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/gempak/help/hlx
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/comet/etamap'
installing in /home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/comet/gdpoint
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/comet/gdpoint'
install -s gdpoint /home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/os/linux/bin
install gdpoint.pdf /home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/gempak/pdf
install gdpoint.hlp /home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/gempak/help/hlp
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/comet/gdpoint'
installing in /home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/comet/dcshef_comet
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/comet/dcshef_comet'
install -s dcshef_comet /home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/os/linux/bin
install dcshef_comet.hlp /home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/gempak/help/hlp
install shef_comet.pack /home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/gempak/tables/pack
install shefunits_comet.tbl /home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/gempak/tables/stns
install shef_ncdc.tbl /home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/gempak/tables/stns
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/comet/dcshef_comet'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/comet'

 

[rdale]

Above you said you installed the binary - now you are talking about installing from source code? I'd stick with the binaries - they are already compiled.

 

[V. Gensini]

If I install the binaries, where can I find this document?

 

[rdale]

Install guide at http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/gempak/GEMPAK5.11/Install_GEMPAK5.10.html

All ready to run - http://skywatch.org

 

[V. Gensini]

I've seen the online guide...I wasn't sure if there was a document that was in the folder that was more in depth. Is the garp executable the one you want to run?

 

[rdale]

'ntl' runs the main menu bar, from there you just click around.

 

[V. Gensini]

Ok. I got the garp executable to work. Now just to set up the LDM!

 

[rdale]

LDM is part of the IDD service, that's for universities only.

 

[V. Gensini]

I am a part of a university and can get access to LDMs...

Is there any other way to pull in data besides the LDM?

 

[rdale]

Yes - you can get the data from university websites and convert it to .gem format using the dc* conversion executable files.

 

[V. Gensini]

I'm assuming this is done using ftp's and writing scripts rdale? Anyone have more info on this?

 

[rdale]

You can FTP, wget, lynx, firefox - however you want to get data in. Some data is already in GEMPAK format, some sources need control codes added and run through the dc converters, some can be sent straight to dc.