This repository contains Makefiles to simplify the build and install of tools for using NASA CDF files.
They support the sorts of things you'd expect from an autotools-style Makefile, e.g. specifying a prefix on build and a different one on install, as well as helping get some of the Java pathing right. JDK is required.
You may need to change the JAVA_HOME before building; you can either
set the environment variable, e.g.:
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java make
or edit the Makefile. On Ubuntu there's usually a reasonable one in
/usr/lib/jvm/default-java and on RedHat derivatives, it's
/usr/lib/jvm/java. Note this for the full JDK not just JRE.
(sudo yum install java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel on RedHat.)
Notable targets are:
download: download the source
dist: create a full tarball including the downloaded source
install: install, as usual
distclean: clean up everyting, including the downloaded source.
A simple make && make install will do the trick in most cases.
Edit versions.mk to match the current version (this is what will
be downloaded.)
There are two versions: one using Environment Modules and one not. I highly recommend using modules, but the setup in here relies on a particular set of helpers that I haven't set up for the public yet...hopefully they'll be helpful for ideas. Having two directories here is of course sub-optimal and at some point maybe the modules will be just an option...
This is all pretty Linux-specific.
Default install location is /usr/local. On RedHat and related
distributions you'll probably need to add /usr/local/lib to
ld.so.conf.d; the scripts don't define LD_LIBRARY_PATH or otherwise
alter the search path (they do set CDF_BASE, so you don't have to call
the definitions scripts just to run them.)
Main NASA CDF library.
Installed scripts:
cdftools.sh: Java-based graphical CDF tools.
Skeleton editor and ISTP compliance checker. Install the CDF library first; if a PREFIX or LIBDIR are specified, they must be the same for CDF library and the skeleton editor.
Note the Makefile on this isn't quite perfect: you need to explicitly run
make then make install (just doing make install doesn't do the
download/build properly; sorry.)
Installed scripts are:
istpcheck.sh: command-line ISTP compliance checker
skteditor.sh: Skeleton editor GUI