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From version 4.5, Metview uses CMake for its compilation and installation. This is part of the process of homogenising the installation procedures for all ECMWF packages, in line with all other ECMWF packages. Note that there are other ways to install Metview from pre-built binary packages, or from a source bundle that includes many dependencies. See Releases.

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The following table lists the dependencies Metview requires to be built from source. Please note, if you install these package from source you also might have to install the respective "-devel" packages.

Compilers
C++	http://gcc.gnu.org/


Fortran	http://gcc.gnu.org/fortran/

If Fortran or BUFR support needed

Utilities

make	http://www.gnu.org/software/make/

Third party

libraries

packages

(best installed through system package manager)

Qt 5

http://www.qt.io/

if Metview's user interface is required

(version 4.6

.

2 or later of Qt is needed).

Note that on some systems it is also necessary to install the libQtWebKit-devel development package (it may have different names on different systems)

gdbm

http://www.gnu.org.ua/software/gdbm/


bash

kshhttp

https://www.

kornshell.com/ ImageMagickhttp://www.imagemagick

gnu.org/

script/index.phpif Metview's user interface is requiredprojhttp://trac.osgeo.org/proj/if OPERA radar data support is required

software/bash/
netcdf 4	http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/	Please note: You also will need to install HDF5 and the legacy C++ interface

and HDF5

ECMWF libraries
if you wish to run the Single Column Model from Metview (ECMWF only)
curl		Optional for web services support (WMS, Download module)
bison
flex
ecCodes	ecCodes Home

ECMWF librariesgrib-apiGRIB-API Home emoslibEMOS odb-apiODB-API Homeif ODB support needed


magics	Magics	if plotting support is needed. Note that Magics should be configured with the -DENABLE_METVIEW=ON option.

For a 'pure batch' installation of Metview with no user interface, it is possible to supply Magics with the option -DENABLE_METVIEW_NO_QT=ON


odb-api	ODB-API Home	if ODB support needed
emoslib	EMOS	optional and deprecated

CMake options used in Metview

CMake options are passed to the cmake command by prefixing them with -D, for example -DENABLE_UI=OFF.

CMake option	Description	Default
ENABLE_UI	enables the Qt-based user interface	ON

ENABLE_QT5

build the Qt user interface using Qt5 libraries
(also requires that Magics is built with this option enabled)
might require the flag: -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/path/to/qt5/

OFF


ENABLE_PLOTTING	enables plotting capabilities using MAGP	ON
ENABLE

_OPERA

_

RADARenables the Opera Radar Filter module (requires the proj4 library and headers)OFFENABLE_

MARS	enables MARS access (not required if using through the Web API)	OFF
MARS_LOCAL_HOME	sets the path to where local MARS is installed


ENABLE_ODB	enables processing and plotting of ODB data	OFF
ENABLE_MARS_ODB	enables ODB capabilities in MARS client	OFF
ENABLE_USAGE_LOG	enables logging of Metview startup calls	OFF
LOG_DIR	path to where to log the Metview startup calls


METVIEW_SCRIPT	name of the generated Metview startup script	metview
EXTRA_CONFIG_PATH	path to optional directory containing metview_local* script files


ENABLE_QT_DEBUG	outputs additional log messages from Qt-based modules	OFF
EXTRA_TITLE	build-specific title to add to the log entries

CMake Option	Description	Notes

ENABLE_INPE	enables INPE modules	ON
Path options - only required when support libraries are not installed in default locations

GRIB

ECCODES_

API_

PATH	path to where

GRIB_API

ecCodes has been installed


MAGICS_PATH	path to where Magics has been installed	Only required if plotting is enabled
NETCDF_PATH	path to where netCDF has been installed


ODB_API_PATH	path to where ODB_API has been installed	Only required if ODB is enabled
ODB_PATH	path to where the original ODB has been installed	Optional if ODB is enabled
EMOS_PATH	path to where Emoslib has been installed	Also set EMOS_LIB_NAME
FDB_PATH	path to where fdb has been installed	Only required if MARS

is enabledPROJ4_PATHpath to where proj4 has been installedOnly required if OPERA Radar

is enabled
FLEXTRA_PATH	path to where the FLEXTRA executable has been installed	See Tutorials for more on FLEXTRA

Notes for installers of Metview 3

If you have installed Metview 3 before, then here are some things to note. Metview 4 5 does not use directly OpenGL for its on-screen graphics; therefore, it is not necessary to build your own Mesa library anymore. However, Metview 4 does not come with its own Emoslib; therefore, it will be necessary to install your own.

Metview 4 5 can be installed side-by-side with an existing Metview 3 installation. However, note that the default startup script will be

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