An open source geoscientific software environment: install notes

*********************************************************** Dear visitor: since I found myself updating this post too often, I decided to make it a permanent page. I leave this here, but the most updated notes are found here. *********************************************************** These are my notes for installing from source the standard software tools I use most often. The instructions are given in order to satisfy dependencies. I use openSUSE (currently 13.1) on a AMD 64-bit machine. USE AT OWN RISK and enjoy! # prerequisites you will need: gcc, gcc++, gcc-fortran, make, hdf5, libtiff, gd, cairo, freetype, ncurses open a terminal su root # change to root user cd /usr/local/src # change to a suitable directory # Then, for every package "foo" download the tarball (foo.tar.gz) from each site using : wget foo.tar.gz # then uncompress and untar: tar -xvf foo.tar.gz # and change directory cd foo/ # then, for each package, follow the instructions below ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NETCDF (http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/) ./configure CC=gcc FC=gfortran F90=gfortran F77=gfortran CPPFLAGS=-DpgiFortran --with-pic # convenient to install F90 support # --with-pic is mandatory in 64 bit systems (GDAL compatibility) make make check make install # add a line to /etc/bash.bashrc.local: export NETCDFHOME=/usr/local ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GEOS (http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/) ./configure make make install ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROJ (http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/) ./configure --without-jni make make install # Perl module: Geo::Proj4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIBGEOTIFF (ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/pub/geotiff/libgeotiff/) ./configure make make install ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FFTW (http://www.fftw.org/) ./configure --with-pic make make install ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ImageMagick (http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php) ./configure --with-perl --with-fftw # FFTW must be compiled with -with-pic make make check make install ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GNUPLOT (http://www.gnuplot.info/) # gnuplot is having troubles with wxWidget v 2.9, use 2.8 instead ./configure make make check make install ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GSL - GNU Scientific Library (http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/) ./configure make make check make install # get also the Perl module: Math:GSL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GMT (http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu) # these are steps for version 5 # adapted from the official instructions (http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/projects/gmt/wiki/BuildingGMT) - get the GMT tree svn checkout svn://gmtserver.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt5/trunk gmt-dev - get and untar GSHHG coastlines (ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/gshhg) - get and untar country polygons (ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/dcw) - copy cmake/ConfigUserTemplate.cmake to cmake/ConfigUser.cmake - edit the file: # Set path to GSHHG Shoreline Database [auto]: set (GSHHG_ROOT "/usr/local/src/gshhg-gmt-nc4-2.2.4") # Copy GSHHG files to $/coast [FALSE]: set (COPY_GSHHG TRUE) # Set path to DCW Digital Chart of the World for GMT [auto]: set (DCW_ROOT "/usr/local/src/dcw-gmt-1.1.0") # Copy DCW files to $/dcw [FALSE]: set (COPY_DCW TRUE) Build and install GMT: cd gmt-dev mkdir build cd build cmake .. make make install ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PostgreSQL (http://www.postgresql.org) ./configure --with-perl --with-python gmake useradd postgres -p postgres # simple password: postgres # make sure that the home directory for user # postgres is where you put the data chown -R postgres /usr/local/src/postgresql-X.X.X su postgres gmake check exit (su root) gmake install add to /etc/bash.bashrc.local export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/pgsql/bin add to /etc/bash.bashrc.local export MANPATH=$MANPATH:/usr/local/pgsql/man add to /etc/ld.so.conf /usr/local/pgsql/lib run /sbin/ldconfig mkdir /where/your/pgdata/istobelocated # this should be the default directory chown postgres /where/your/pgdata/istobelocated su posgtres initdb -D /where/your/pgdata/istobelocated postmaster -D /where/your/pgdata/istobelocated su root cp /contrib/start-scripts/linux /etc/init.d/postgresql make /etc/init.d/postgresql executable activate postgresql in runtime levels 3 and 5 leave configured and built in order to follow with PostGIS # you might want to keep the configured /src directory to eventually uninstall later ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PostGIS (http://www.postgis.org) mv postgis-X.X.X/ postgresql-X.X.X/contrib/postgis-X.X.X/ ./configure make # if there were changes in fundamental libraries make install # like bison, you must do "make" in PostgreSQL su postgres createdb test # createlang plpgsql test psql -f postgis/postgis.sql -d test psql -f spatial_ref_sys.sql -d test ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spatialite (http://www.gaia-gis.it/gaia-sins/) # requires SQLite # begin with freexl (https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/freexl/index) ./configure make make install # then continue with # libspatialite (https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/libspatialite/index) # it is important to install and enable libxml2: ./configure --enable-libxml2 make make install # and then # readosm (https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/readosm/index) # spatialite-tools (https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/spatialite-tools/index) # all with: ./configure make make install # then, to install the handy spatialite_gui and the minimalistic spatialite_gis, install # libgaiagraphics (https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/spatialite-tools/index) # spatilite_gui (https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/spatialite_gui/index) # librasterlite (https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/librasterlite/index) # spatialite_gis (https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/spatialite_gis/index) # for all these: ./configure make make install # NOTE: libHaru (http://libharu.org/) is an indispensable requisite for spatialite_gis. I found it hard to install via the command line, so I got through the openSUSE Application:Geo repository. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GDAL (http://www.gdal.org) ./configure --with-netcdf=/usr/local --with-png=/usr/lib --with-libtiff=internal --with-geotiff=/usr/local --with-jpeg=/usr/lib --with-geos=/usr/local/bin/geos-config --with-perl --with-python --with-odbc --without-libtool --with-spatialite=/usr/local make make install # Note: The perl module Geo::GDAL gets installed in subdirectories of /usr/local/lib/perl5 ... # just the directory to your working perl path (@INC) using # use lib '/usr/local/lib/perl5 ...' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QGIS (http://qgis.org) Check that you also have - QWT change directory to /usr/local/qgis-X.X.X/ make new directory mkdir /build change directory cd /build ccmake .. make make install ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FWTOOLS (http://www.fwtools.maptools.org/) wget http://home.gdal.org/fwtools/FWTools-linux-2.0.6.tar.gz tar -xvf FWTools-linux-2.0.6.tar.gz mv FWTools-linux-2.0.6/ /usr/local/ execute the install script add to /etc/bash.bashrc.local export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/FWTools-X.X.X/bin-safe # so it does not mess the main GDAL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GPSBABEL (http://www.gpsbabel.org/) ./configure make make install # Still needs to be investigated how to make it work with Garmin USB # when one is not root # According to the website, one should do: # add garmin_gps to /etc/modprobe.conf.local # create file /etc/udev/rules.d/51-garmin.rules # with a line SYSFS{idVendor{=="091e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="0003",MODE="0666"} # but does not work. # I normally execute gpsbabel as root and previously disable the garmin_gps # kernel module Posted by Hernán De Angelis at Thursday, August 22, 2013 Email This BlogThis! 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