LROSE has the following package options:
| Package | Comments |
|---|---|
| lrose | standard full package - the default |
| lrose-blaze | blaze release - tested and documented |
| radx | Radx apps only |
| titan | Titan distribution |
| cidd | CIDD display apps only, 32-bit build |
lrose is the standard build, which includes all of the libraries and applications in lrose, except for the cidd display and its related applications.
lrose-blaze is the first of the offical releases from the NSF SI2 LROSE project.
radx is a sub package that only includes the Radx applications.
titan is a sub package that supercedes the old Titan distribution for applications.
cidd is a special package, that must be built using 32-bit emulation, because the applications are based on the xview library that has no 64-bit port. This package includes the CIDD display, and other applications that depend on xview.
There are three ways to build LROSE:
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Check out the source from GitHub, and use AUTOMAKE and CONFIGURE for the build. This is the standard approach. See README_AUTOMAKE_BUILD.md for details
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Check out the source from GitHub, and use the NCAR build system. This is recommended if you are actively involved in developing the code. See README_NCAR_BUILD.md for details
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Download a pre-configured source distribution, and build from that. See README_DOWNLOAD_BUILD.md for details
To build CIDD, see: README_CIDD.md.
See: README_OSX_BUILD.md.
LROSE was developed and tested extensively under LINUX.
Therefore LINUX is the preferred operating system.
However, LROSE can be compiled and run under Mac OSX.
Windows is supported using a Docker container.
Most good, up-to date LINUX distributions should work.
Recommended distributions are:
- Debian
- Ubuntu
- RedHat
- Centos
- Fedora
LROSE expects support for the c++11 standard.
The gcc/g++ version should be 4.8.5 or later.
For a full LROSE build under LINUX, you need the following packages:
epel-release
tcsh
perl
perl-Env
ftp
git
emacs
tkcvs
m4
gcc
g++
gfortran
glibc-devel
libX11-devel
libXext-devel (if available)
libpng-devel
libtiff-devel
jasper-devel
zlib-devel
libexpat-devel
flex-devel
fftw3-devel
bzip2-devel
qt4-devel
gnuplot
ImageMagick-devel
ImageMagick-c++-devel
xrdb
Xvfb (virtual X server), specifically xorg-x11-server-Xvfb
sshd (ssh logins)
xorg-x11-fonts-misc
xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi
xorg-x11-fonts-100dpi
On Redhat-based hosts you can achieve this by running:
yum install -y epel-release
yum install -y \
tcsh perl perl-Env ftp git svn cvs tkcvs emacs tkcvs m4 \
gcc gcc-c++ gcc-gfortran glibc-devel libX11-devel libXext-devel \
libpng-devel libtiff-devel jasper-devel zlib-devel expat-devel \
flex-devel fftw3-devel bzip2-devel jasper-devel qt5-qtbase-devel xrdb \
Xvfb xorg-x11-fonts-misc xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi xorg-x11-fonts-100dpi \
gnuplot ImageMagick-devel ImageMagick-c++-devel
On Debian-based hosts you can install the packages required to build the lrose-blaze formula with these commands: (The debian packages don't install qmake-qt5. I worked around the problem with a symbolic link)
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y \
libbz2-dev libx11-dev libpng12-dev libfftw3-dev \
libjasper-dev qtbase5-dev git \
gcc g++ gfortran libfl-dev \
automake make libtool pkg-config libexpat1-dev python
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmake /usr/bin/qmake-qt5
See: README_CIDD.md.
If you are making use of the data server applications in LROSE, you will need to disable the firewall on your host, or open up the ports between 5300 and 5500.
To disable the firewall on a RedHat-based host:
systemctl stop firewalld
systemctl stop iptables