Build requirements

Because programs are written in Python, libraries in C++ you must obviously have Python and a C++ compiler installed on your system to use these programs.

The compiling C++ requires the following development libraries:

• boost_date_time
• boost_regex
• boost_thread
• NetCDF
• NetCDF-4 C++
• UDUNITS-2

You can install these packages on ubuntu by typing the following command:

sudo apt-get install libboost-date-time-dev libboost-python-dev \
    libboost-regex-dev libboost-thread-dev libnetcdf-dev \
    libudunits2-dev libnetcdf-c++4-dev

Configure

Grab the latest tar.gz release file from the download page. Once you have satisfied the requirements detailed above, you can configure the build process with :

python setup.py setup

The configuration process allows you to set options to specify, for example, the paths to the various required libraries. The available options are displayed using the option python setup.py setup --help.

For example, to compile the library under Mac OS X enter the following command :

python setup.py setup netcdf-includes=/opt/local/include netcdf-
libraries=/opt/local/lib udunits-includes=/opt/local/include/udunits2
boost_mt=1

You can check your build environment with :

python setup.py config

Building

To build the library type the command python setup.py build at the root of the project.

Install

To install just type the command python setup.py. You can specify an alternate installation path, with:

python setup.py install --prefix=/usr/local