June 2016 Software release

We are happy to announce the June 2016 release of the standard ECMWF software packages. This month the biggest update comes from GRIB-API adding support for the UERRA project.

This release is the first one which allows Emoslib, Magics and Metview to be built optionally with ecCodes instead of GRIB-API (for GRIB handling only).  To do so you have to add the option

-DENABLE_ECCODES=ON

to your cmake invocation. Also if ecCodes is not installed in the standard place, you can point to it via

-DECCODES_PATH=/path/to/eccodes/install

We strongly recommend you use version 0.16.0 of ecCodes for this. Please note that ecCodes is still in beta, and care needs to be taken when GRIB-API and ecCodes are installed on the same system because binaries with the same name are installed. Any feedback on the use of ecCodes is welcome.

All these packages use the same build system based on CMake - simplifying and harmonising the installation experience. They are also part of the latest Metview bundle. The versions are available on all ECMWF computer systems as "new" versions. If you encounter any issues please feel free to send feedback to Software.Support@ecmwf.int.