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John at 22:08, 27 July 2020

2020-07-27T22:08:50Z

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	to the cmake installation command.		to the cmake installation command.

	Once this runs, the necessary packages and libraries are installed, and ~~the all~~ the functions needed in GDL are set ON~~, make this change so that it will compile on Opensuse~~.		Once this runs, scan the output to be sure it will build as intended, that the necessary packages and libraries are installed, and that the functions needed for your GDL are set ON.

	On Opensuse edit CMakeCache.txt for these entries		On Opensuse also edit the CMakeCache.txt in build for these entries

	//CXX compiler		//CXX compiler
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	CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING=-ltirpc -lutil		CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING=-ltirpc -lutil

	Centos may only require the library addition with -lutil.		Centos may only require the library addition with -lutil.

	Compile, check, and install by default in /usr/local/share		Compile, check, and install by default in /usr/local/share
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	make install		make install

	The ~~gdl~~ source code is complex and has many dependencies. There may be missing libraries to contend with that that will not be apparent until the make process is tried. They can be added as needed using YAST.		The GDL source code is complex and has many dependencies. There may be missing libraries to contend with that that will not be apparent until the make process is tried. They can be added as needed using YAST.

John at 22:03, 27 July 2020

2020-07-27T22:03:56Z

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	cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DGRIB=OFF -DWXWIDGETS=OFF -DGEOTIFF=off -DNETCDF=OFF -DHDF=off -DLIBPROJ4=OFF -DUDUNITS2=OFF -DGLPK=OFF		cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DGRIB=OFF -DWXWIDGETS=OFF -DGEOTIFF=off -DNETCDF=OFF -DHDF=off -DLIBPROJ4=OFF -DUDUNITS2=OFF -DGLPK=OFF -DSHAPELIB=OFF ../
	-DSHAPELIB=OFF ../

			will turn off features used by geosciences and less often by physics and astronomy. Each of these has a library requirement not present by default in Opensuse, and requiring installation of a package or from source.

			The default installation directory top level is /usr/local. To specify another one, add

			-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/path/to/install/dir

	~~will turn off features used by geosciences and less often by physics and astronomy. Each of these has a library requirement not present by default in Opensuse, and requiring~~ installation ~~of a package or from source~~.		to the cmake installation command.

	Once this runs, the necessary packages and libraries are installed, and the all the functions needed in GDL are set ON, make this change so that it will compile on Opensuse.		Once this runs, the necessary packages and libraries are installed, and the all the functions needed in GDL are set ON, make this change so that it will compile on Opensuse.

John at 21:51, 27 July 2020

2020-07-27T21:51:19Z

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	We turn off GRIB because the functionality is not needed in astrophysics and it requires external code that does not compile readily.		We turn off GRIB because the functionality is not needed in astrophysics and it requires external code that does not compile readily.


			cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DGRIB=OFF -DWXWIDGETS=OFF -DGEOTIFF=off -DNETCDF=OFF -DHDF=off -DLIBPROJ4=OFF -DUDUNITS2=OFF -DGLPK=OFF
			-DSHAPELIB=OFF ../


			will turn off features used by geosciences and less often by physics and astronomy. Each of these has a library requirement not present by default in Opensuse, and requiring installation of a package or from source.

	Once this runs, the necessary packages and libraries are installed, and the all the functions needed in GDL are set ON, make this change so that it will compile on Opensuse.		Once this runs, the necessary packages and libraries are installed, and the all the functions needed in GDL are set ON, make this change so that it will compile on Opensuse.

	edit CMakeCache.txt for these entries		On Opensuse edit CMakeCache.txt for these entries

			//CXX compiler
			CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:FILEPATH=/usr/bin/c++

	~~//CXX compiler~~		and for these libraries
	~~CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:FILEPATH=/usr/bin/c++~~

			//Flags used by the CXX compiler during all build types.
			CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING=-ltirpc -lutil

	~~//Flags used by~~ the ~~CXX compiler during all build types.~~		Centos may only require the library addition with -lutil.
	~~CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING=-ltirpc~~ -lutil

	Compile, check, and install by default in /usr/local/share		Compile, check, and install by default in /usr/local/share

John at 19:07, 21 July 2020

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-To run gdl you simply issue on the command line "gdl" and you will be in a command line environment for the Gnu Data Language.  To exit and return  to the shell, "exit".  GDL commands are identical to IDL, and most are supported in the recent code.
+To run gdl you simply issue on the command line "gdl" and you will be in a command line environment for the Gnu Data Language.  To exit and return  to the shell, "exit".  GDL commands are identical to IDL, and most are supported in the recent code.  If the EXOFAST library is in the search path the compiling will be automatic.  One way to do this is to have a named directory "exofast" which is a softlink to the version you want to run, and add that to your .profile as noted above.  This allows some flexibility in testing or using different versions without changing the environment.
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-There are modifications to the exofast procedures and additions to GDL  needed to run  within the GDL framework.  A list of known ones is provided below but it may be obsolete.  For help with finding solutions, a [http://aramis.obspm.fr/~coulais/IDL_et_GDL/Matrice_IDLvsGDL_intrinsic.html list of routines supported in GDL] is available, but it too is not current.
+For help with finding procedures and their status in development, a [http://aramis.obspm.fr/~coulais/IDL_et_GDL/Matrice_IDLvsGDL_intrinsic.html list of routines supported in GDL] is available, but it too is not current.
-== EXOFAST under GDL: problems and solutions ==
+== EXOFASTv2 under GDL ==
-With he version 1.0rc3 of GDL available on github in July 2020, EXOFAST will run the fitting with the libraries given above, addition of a few missing procedures,  and changes edited into specific exofast procedure files which we will note here.  It mail fail because of missing intrinsics in the plotting.  The workarounds are to edit the original exofast procedures to avoid these calls.  This is a soluble problem since the plotting can be rewritten to use the minimum set of features currently available in gdl, or to export the plotting to external programs. It may in part have been solved recently with improvements to gdl since the version 0.9 for much of our testing was done.
+  gdl -e fithat3.pro
-'''Missing procedures'''
+There were no errors generated in a test run on our system with the latest GDL and EXOFASTv2 at this time.

John at 20:29, 18 July 2020

2020-07-18T20:29:11Z

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John at 15:26, 16 July 2020

2020-07-16T15:26:09Z

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	This will create a "gdl-master" directory in /usr/local/src containing the files you will compile.		This will create a "gdl-master" directory in /usr/local/src containing the files you will compile.


	~~cd gdl-master~~

	~~mkdir build~~

	~~cd build~~

	~~cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DGRIB=OFF ../~~

	If libraries are missing, try to resolve them using yast. You will need pslib and udunits built from source because they are not distributed in Tumbleweed. A Google search will return the site for download the latest versions of the source code which will come with build instructions. Install them in /usr/local. The gdl build routine will find them. Also, if you have a local version of Python in /usr/local then gdl will use it. Turn off GRIB because the code is obsolete and the new ECC code that replaces it does not currently build on Opensuse.



	These are some of the required packages on a new installation of Gnu Data Language:		These are some of the required packages on a new installation of Gnu Data Language:
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	Now try to build and add other packages as needed.		Now try to build and add other packages as needed.

			cd gdl-master
	mkdir build		mkdir build
	cd build		cd build
	cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DGRIB=OFF ../		cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DGRIB=OFF ../

	Once this runs and the functions needed are set, make this change so that it will compile on Opensuse.		We turn off GRIB because the funcitionality is not needed in astrophysics and it requires external code that does not compile readily.

			Once this runs, the necessary packages and libraries are installed, and the all the functions needed in GDL are set ON, make this change so that it will compile on Opensuse.

	edit CMakeCache.txt for these entries		edit CMakeCache.txt for these entries

John at 15:17, 16 July 2020

2020-07-16T15:17:26Z

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	If libraries are missing, try to resolve them using yast. You will need pslib and udunits built from source because they are not distributed in Tumbleweed. A Google search will return the site for download the latest versions of the source code which will come with build instructions. Install them in /usr/local. The gdl build routine will find them. Also, if you have a local version of Python in /usr/local then gdl will use it. Turn off GRIB because the code is obsolete and the new ECC code that replaces it does not currently build on Opensuse.		If libraries are missing, try to resolve them using yast. You will need pslib and udunits built from source because they are not distributed in Tumbleweed. A Google search will return the site for download the latest versions of the source code which will come with build instructions. Install them in /usr/local. The gdl build routine will find them. Also, if you have a local version of Python in /usr/local then gdl will use it. Turn off GRIB because the code is obsolete and the new ECC code that replaces it does not currently build on Opensuse.

	~~Edit~~ CMakeCache.txt ~~and set~~ these ~~flags:~~

			These are some of the required packages on a new installation of Gnu Data Language:


			cmake
			graphicsmagick development
			pyplot and subpackages
			libgraphicsmagick++-devel
			libgeotiff2
			geotiff-devel
			netcdf-devel
			eigen3-devel
			tirpc

			pslib build and install from source
			[http://pslib.sourceforge.net/ http://pslib.sourceforge.net/]

			udunits build and install from source
			[https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/udunits/ https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/udunits/]

			Now try to build and add other packages as needed.

			mkdir build
			cd build
			cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DGRIB=OFF ../

			Once this runs and the functions needed are set, make this change so that it will compile on Opensuse.

			edit CMakeCache.txt for these entries

	//CXX compiler		//CXX compiler
	CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:FILEPATH=/usr/bin/c++		CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:FILEPATH=/usr/bin/c++


	//Flags used by the CXX compiler during all build types.		//Flags used by the CXX compiler during all build types.
	CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING=-ltirpc -lutil		CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING=-ltirpc -lutil

	~~Try to build the software.~~		Compile, check, and install by default in /usr/local/share

	make		make
			make check
			make install

	The gdl source code is complex and has many dependencies. There may be missing libraries to ~~content~~ with that can be added as needed using YAST.		The gdl source code is complex and has many dependencies. There may be missing libraries to contend with that that will not be apparent until the make process is tried. They can be added as needed using YAST.


	~~After a successful make operation, install the binaries and library with~~


	~~make install~~


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	cp -p -r /usr/local/src/gdl/src/pro ./		cp -p -r /usr/local/src/gdl/src/pro ./


	== Add new procedures ==		== Add new procedures ==

WikiSysop at 07:06, 16 July 2020

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	The [~~http~~://gnudatalanguage~~.sourceforge.net~~/ Gnu Data Language (GDL)] is a useful open-source alternative to IDL on Linux. Although for new astronomical scripting applications we prefer Python, the proprietary IDL system is widely used and there are many astronomical routines written for it that are freely available. This page is a guide to the installation of GDL on an OpenSuse Linux platform in order to use the community resources available.		The [https://github.com/gnudatalanguage/gdl Gnu Data Language (GDL)] is a useful open-source alternative to IDL on Linux. Although for new astronomical scripting applications we prefer Python and Julia, the proprietary IDL system is widely used and there are many astronomical routines written for it that are freely available. This page is a guide to the installation of GDL on an OpenSuse Linux platform in order to use the community resources available.


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	We assume that the base [http://www.astro.louisville.edu/mediawiki/index.php/OpenSuse OpenSuse] system has been installed with the packages that are often used to support scientific computing. There are some unusual dependencies to build a complete GDL. Additional procedures may be added after the fact since they are compiled as needed by GDL itself.		We assume that the base [http://www.astro.louisville.edu/mediawiki/index.php/OpenSuse OpenSuse] system has been installed with the packages that are often used to support scientific computing. There are some unusual dependencies to build a complete GDL. Additional procedures may be added after the fact since they are compiled as needed by GDL itself.

	~~We would like to recommend installing the~~ version ~~in the CVS repository since it~~ is ~~likely to have many known issues corrected. However,~~ the ~~version 0.9.2 released on 2012-02-20 will compile~~ and is largely compatible with IDL ~~and EXOFAST. These notes are based on this version and a CVS verion of 2012-07-29 which updates that release~~.		These notes are based on latest github version as of July 2020. It is an improved version over the last Sourceforge release and should be largely compatible with IDL routines.

	Go to the ~~Sourceforge~~ website:		Go to the github website:

	<center>		<center>
	[~~http~~://~~sourceforge~~.~~net/projects~~/gnudatalanguage/ ~~http~~://~~sourceforge~~.~~net/projects~~/gnudatalanguage/]		[https://github.com/gnudatalanguage/gdl https://github.com/gnudatalanguage/gdl]
	</center>		</center>

	Click on the "Code" link in the top menubar ~~to access CVS and~~ the "Download" button to provide the last stable release~~. At the bottom of the new CVS "gdl" listing there will be an option to download the GNU tar archive of the entire CVS tree~~. Once you have it on your system, make a copy in a permanent location, and		Click on the "Code" link in the top menubar the "Download" button to provide the last stable release as a zip file. Once you have it on your system, make a copy in a permanent location, and
	as superuser (su), also to the /usr/local/src tree on your Linux system:		as superuser (su), also to the /usr/local/src tree on your Linux system:

	cp ~~gnudatalanguage-gdl_20120729~~.~~tar.gz~~ /usr/local/src		cp gdl.zip /usr/local/src

	You are ready to compile the code. ~~Compilation is handled similarly for either CVS or stable release versions~~.		You are ready to compile the code. .

	== Install and compile the source code ==		== Install and compile the source code ==
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	cd /usr/local/src		cd /usr/local/src

	~~tar xvzf gnudatalanguage-gdl_20120729~~.~~tar.gz~~		unzip gdl.zip


	This will create a "gdl" directory in /usr/local/src containing the files you will compile.		This will create a "gdl-master" directory in /usr/local/src containing the files you will compile.


	cd gdl		cd gdl-master

	~~./configure --without-hdf --with-hdf5~~		mkdir build

			cd build

	~~If the configuration does not successfully complete and create "Makefile" in the top level directory, look at the list of errors generated during configuration for clues about missing packages.~~ ~~There will distinctive names that you will have to find in the distribution's repositories~~. For OpenSuse, you would use yast or yast2 as indicated to install a suspect missing package (usually a develoment version), then repeat the configure command and the search for rpm's again until there are no errors.		cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DGRIB=OFF ../

	~~Once those issues~~ are ~~resolved~~, try ~~building~~ the ~~software~~ with		If libraries are missing, try to resolve them using yast. You will need pslib and udunits built from source because they are not distributed in Tumbleweed. A Google search will return the site for download the latest versions of the source code which will come with build instructions. Install them in /usr/local. The gdl build routine will find them. Also, if you have a local version of Python in /usr/local then gdl will use it. Turn off GRIB because the code is obsolete and the new ECC code that replaces it does not currently build on Opensuse.

			Edit CMakeCache.txt and set these flags:

	~~make~~		//CXX compiler
			CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:FILEPATH=/usr/bin/c++

			//Flags used by the CXX compiler during all build types.
			CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING=-ltirpc -lutil

	~~We find that during~~ the ~~build you may see an error such as this one:~~		Try to build the software.

			make

	~~''libtool: Version mismatch error.''~~		The gdl source code is complex and has many dependencies. There may be missing libraries to content with that can be added as needed using YAST.


	~~which~~ is ~~corrected by running this command~~


	~~aclocal; libtoolize --force; autoconf; automake -a~~


	~~in the toplevel of gdl directory, and then repeating the configure~~ and ~~make commands~~.


	~~The GDL team notes in their CVS version~~ that ~~they will~~ be using ~~cmake instead of autoconf in the future. The software can be compiled with cmake once you install the package for your distribution~~. ~~The process would be something like this:~~

	~~cd gdl~~

	~~mkdir build~~

	~~cd build~~

	~~../cmake~~

	~~modified to allow for variations in your installation requirements. Instructions are in the gdl INSTALL.cmake file.~~

	After a successful make operation, install the binaries and library with		After a successful make operation, install the binaries and library with

WikiSysop at 22:02, 30 July 2012

2012-07-30T22:02:43Z

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	There are modifications to the exofast procedures and additions to GDL needed to run within the GDL framework. A list of known ones as of 2012-07-30 is provided below. For help with finding solutions, a [http://aramis.obspm.fr/~coulais/IDL_et_GDL/Matrice_IDLvsGDL_intrinsic.html list of routines supported in GDL] is available.		There are modifications to the exofast procedures and additions to GDL needed to run within the GDL framework. A list of known ones as of 2012-07-30 is provided below. For help with finding solutions, a [http://aramis.obspm.fr/~coulais/IDL_et_GDL/Matrice_IDLvsGDL_intrinsic.html list of routines supported in GDL] is available.

	== ~~Running~~ EXOFAST under GDL: problems and solutions ==		== EXOFAST under GDL: problems and solutions ==

WikiSysop: /* Running EXOFAST under GDL: problems and solutions */

2012-07-30T22:01:58Z

Running EXOFAST under GDL: problems and solutions

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	*HISTOGRAM -- keyword ~~paraneter~~ NAN not allowed in 0.9.2 .		*HISTOGRAM -- keyword parameter NAN not allowed in 0.9.2 .

	There is a note in a development discussion group that it has been added to the CVS version but not fully tested.		There is a note in a development discussion group that it has been added to the CVS version but not fully tested.
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	We try without ~~these keywords if only to see something:~~		We try without contour plotting.

	contour~~, hist2d, xtitle=xtitle,ytitle=ytitle, levels=levels,/overplot~~