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Running MM5 Pre-processing Programs on Linux Machines

If you would like to try MM5 pre-processing programs on Linux machines, download the latest program tar files. But first, you must have Portland Group compiler, pgf90. Note the programs have only been tested with Portland Group compiler.

After you download the program tar files, follow instructions in README file to compile and run each program just as you are on an Unix workstation. Data used on a workstation can be used on a Linux machine. All compile options for each program use byte-swap option so that the input and output data are in big_endian format, and can be read on Unix workstations (which use big_endian data).

If you have NCAR Graphics on your Linux, you can use it in programs TERRAIN, RAWINS and GRAPH. But you will need a library called libf2c.a somewhere in your path (the load option requires -L/usr/bin -lf2c). If you don't already have it on your machine, you can find it on the net. Or you can download it from our ftp site. This is created for RedHat Linux 6.1. Using -lg2c may also work.

For questions, write to mesouser@ucar.edu