Build Notes

As a native application available on multiple platforms, XyGrib makes extensive use of the Qt framework.

Linux

• Prerequisite tools:

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• gnu build tools: g++, make, build-essential etc.
• cmake (needed to build libopenjpeg provided in this package)

• Prerequisite libraries:

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The following libraries need to be installed first (If your Linux system is not one of the three below then other naming conventions for these packages may apply)

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Ubuntu 18.04

• libbz2-dev
• zlib1g-dev
• libpng-dev (1)
• libproj-dev
• libnova-dev
• qtbase5-dev

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Fedora 28

• bzip2-devel
• zlib-devel
• libpng-devel (1)
• proj-devel
• libnova-devel
• qt5-devel

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openSUSE (2)

• libbz2-devel
• zlib-devel
• libpng-devel (1)
• libproj-devel
• libnova-devel
• libqt5-qtbase-devel

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(1) version >= 1.6 needed to build libopenjpeg

(2) TumbleWeed

• Get the source

  git clone https://github.com/opengribs/XyGrib.git
  

• Build

  cd XyGrib
  mkdir build
  cd build
  cmake ..
  make
  

• Install

  cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/wherever ..
  sudo make install
  

• Debian/Ubuntu packages (1 for the app, 1 for supplementary maps)

  dpkg-buildpackages -b
  

MacOS

• Install Qt framework

• Install build dependencies (via MacPorts)

  sudo port install jasper libpng
  

• Build dependencies

  cd src/g2clib
  make -f makefile.osx
  

  Note: enc_jpeg2000.c includes a line that breaks on lib jasper > 1.9, comment out the offending line and the build should complete.

• Reset project environment and build

  qmake -r
  make
  

Windows