Linux-Build
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Overview
For most common LINUX systems, you can install lrose from the packages on this page.
For some of the versions of LINUX, we are still having problems with the Qt5-based applications. These problems include both compile errors, and run-time errors related to problems with dynamically-linked libraries. We are working to identify the cause of the problems. In the meantime, we have documented which applications are available on each OS version.
| OS-version | fractl | vortrac | samurai | HawkEye | CIDD available? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENTOS 7 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CENTOS 8 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CENTOS stream (latest) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fedora 31 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fedora 32 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fedora 33 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Debian 9 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Debian 10 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu 16.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu 18.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu 20.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Suse leap | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Suse latest | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Oracle 8 (latest) | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Prerequesites
1. Most good, up-to-date LINUX distributions should work.
Recommended distributions are:
- Debian
- Ubuntu (based on Debian)
- RedHat
- Centos (based on RedHat)
- Fedora (based on RedHat)
First, you will need to install the required packages.
See: LROSE package dependencies
2. Download the source tar file for Linux from: Release
A typical source release would be:
lrose-core-20210216.src.tgz
- Create a working directory for building the distribution:
mkdir ~/lrose_build
cd ~/lrose_build
- Untar
tar xvfz lrose-core-20210216.src.tgz
The distribution will be unpacked into a subdirectory:
cd ~/lrose_build/lrose-core-20210216.src
Build
- Run the build script:
To see the usage:
./build_src_release.py --help
To build and install into the default directory: /usr/local/lrose
./build_src_release.py
Or set an install directory:
./build_src_release.py --prefix /my/install/dir
Verification
- Look in ~/lrose or /my/install/dir for
include
lib
bin
- Try the commands:
/usr/local/lrose/bin/RadxPrint -h
/usr/local/lrose/bin/RadxConvert -h
/usr/local/lrose/bin/Radx2Grid -h
/usr/local/lrose/bin/HawkEye
Errors tracking
If the build does not complete successfully, you will need to track down the errors.
The very first errors in the build are the most important.
If you get errors, go into the directory giving problems, and run the make as follows:
make |& less
and scroll down searching for error.
Alternatively, run
make >& make.log
and then inspect the make.log file, searching for error.
Update a new version
To update, just repeat the procedure in sections 2, 3 and 4 above.
The new version will be installed over the previous version.