McIDAS-XCD Administrator's Guide
Version 2011.1

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Obtaining McIDAS-XCD 2011.1

Use one of the following procedures to copy the McIDAS-XCD files to your workstation: Obtaining McIDAS-XCD 2011.1 from the McIDAS Website or Obtaining McIDAS-XCD 2011.1 via CD.

The McIDAS-XCD 2011.1 package contains the following files.

File name

Description

xcd2011.1.sh

shell script that installs the McIDAS-XCD software

xcd2011.1.tar.Z

compressed tar file that contains all source and data files

xcd_README_2011.1

lists information to review before installation

Obtaining McIDAS-XCD 2011.1 from the McIDAS Website

  1. Use your Web browser to download the files listed in the table above. Access the McIDAS Website at https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/mcidas, and follow the link for McIDAS-XCD software. Each site has its own login and password for downloading files. Contact the McIDAS Help Desk if you can't remember yours.

  2. Log on to the McIDAS-XCD workstation as user oper and move the downloaded files to the ~oper/mcidas directory.

  3. List the files and check the ownership.

    Type: ls -l ~oper/mcidas

    If the -XCD files are owned by user oper, skip steps 4-6 and proceed to the next section, Installing McIDAS-XCD 2011.1.

  4. Change the ownership to user oper, if needed. You must have root permission to do this. Switch to user root.

    5. Type: su root

  5. Change to the ~oper/mcidas directory.

    6. Type: cd ~oper/mcidas

  6. Run the command below for each of the downloaded -XCD files.

    7. Type: chown oper file

Obtaining McIDAS-XCD 2011.1 via CD

  1. Log on to the McIDAS-XCD workstation as user oper.

  2. Change to the ~oper/mcidas directory.

    3. Type: cd ~oper/mcidas

  3. Insert the upgrade CD in the drive and run a command similar to the one below to copy the files. Specify cdrom as the file system mount point of your CD unit. Note the period (.) at the end of the command.

    4. Type: cp /cdrom/xcd/* .

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