GrADS Supplibs

### Supplemental Libraries for GrADS version 2

There are many supplemental libraries that are required to enable various features in the GrADS executable. Building all these libraries from source is not necessarily easy; this page provides some guidance and suggestions that have led to success on COLA's unix systems (64-bit linux running CentOS, and Mac OSX). COLA's objective in building GrADS is to make our binary releases portable, so we strive to build all the libraries from scratch, disabling features GrADS doesn't need, and then link statically when building GrADS. If you are building GrADS from source but not planning to distribute your build, then you may find that many of these libraries are already installed on your system and you can link with them dynamically. In this case, use the --enable-dyn-supplibs option with the GrADS configure script. Please post questions about building from source to the GrADS Users Forum. If you have the proper privileges, you may install these anywhere on your system instead of $HOME, just be sure to change the commands listed in the table below to accomodate your own installation.

To begin, make a directory top level directory for the supplibs under your $HOME:
mkdir $HOME/supplibs

Make a subdirectory where you will store the tar files containing the library source code:
mkdir -p $HOME/supplibs/src/tarfiles

Get the src from COLA's FTP server:
cd $HOME/supplibs/src/tarfiles
ftp iges.org
<login as anonymous>
cd grads/Supplibs/2.1/src
mget *
quit

These are the directories where you will install the compiled libaries, pkgconfig files, the necessary include files, and any executable utilities from the libraries that GrADS will need:
mkdir $HOME/supplibs/lib
mkdir $HOME/supplibs/lib/pkgconfig
mkdir $HOME/supplibs/include
mkdir $HOME/supplibs/bin

Move through the list of libraries in the table below, building them in order listed. Instructions for configuring and installing in the $HOME/supplibs directory are given for each library. If you are building on Mac OSX 10.6, set the environment variable CFLAGS to "-arch i386". For Mac OSX 10.7, I have used -arch x86_64.

When you are done, unpack the GrADS source code tarball under $HOME. Change into the new GrADS directory you just created, and type ./configure. When the configuration is done, it will show a summary of which features have been enabled. Then type 'make install' and look for your executables in the ./bin directory.

Good Luck!!

Library | Version | Why GrADS needs it | How to configure and install it for GrADS
readline | 5.0 | Enables command line editing. Links: home page local copy of source code | cd $HOME/supplibs/src/ tar xvfz ./tarfiles/readline-5.0.tar.gz mkdir readline cd readline-5.0 ./configure --prefix=$HOME/supplibs/src/readline make ; make install cp $HOME/supplibs/src/readline/lib/libreadline.a $HOME/supplibs/lib mkdir -p $HOME/supplibs/include/readline cp $HOME/supplibs/src/readline/include/readline/*.h $HOME/supplibs/include/readline
ncurses | 5.7 | Required by readline. Links: home page local copy of source code | cd $HOME/supplibs/src/ tar xvfz ./tarfiles/ncurses-5.7.tar.gz mkdir ncurses cd ncurses-5.7 ./configure --prefix=$HOME/supplibs/src/ncurses make ; make install cp $HOME/supplibs/src/ncurses/lib/libncurses.a $HOME/supplibs/lib
zlib | 1.2.5 | General compression library. Required by NetCDF et al. Links: home page local copy of source code | cd $HOME/supplibs/src/ tar xvfz ./tarfiles/zlib-1.2.5.tar.gz mkdir zlib cd zlib-1.2.5 ./configure --prefix=$HOME/supplibs/src/zlib make ; make install cp $HOME/supplibs/src/zlib/lib/libz.a $HOME/supplibs/lib mkdir $HOME/supplibs/include/zlib cp $HOME/supplibs/src/zlib/include/zlib.h $HOME/supplibs/include/zlib
libpng | 1.5.12 | PNG reference library. Links: home page local copy of source code | cd $HOME/supplibs/src/ tar xvfz tarfiles/libpng-1.5.12.tar.gz mkdir libpng cd libpng-1.5.12 ./configure --prefix=$HOME/supplibs/src/libpng make ; make install cp $HOME/supplibs/src/libpng/lib/libpng15.a $HOME/supplibs/lib mkdir $HOME/supplibs/include/libpng15 cp $HOME/supplibs/src/libpng/include/libpng15/*.h $HOME/supplibs/include/libpng15 cp $HOME/supplibs/src/libpng/lib/pkgconfig/libpng15.pc $HOME/supplibs/lib/pkgconfig Note: The pkgconfig file is required for building cairo
jpeg | 6b | Image compression library. Links: home page local copy of source code | cd $HOME/supplibs/src/ tar xvfz tarfiles/jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz mkdir -p jpeg/bin/cjpeg mkdir -p jpeg/man/man1 mkdir jpeg/include mkdir jpeg/lib cd jpeg-6b ./configure --prefix=$HOME/supplibs/src/jpeg make ; make install cp *.h $HOME/supplibs/src/jpeg/include/ cp libjpeg.a $HOME/supplibs/src/jpeg/lib cp libjpeg.a $HOME/supplibs/lib
gd | 2.0.34 | GD Graphics Library. Requires: zlib, libpng, jpeg Links: home page local copy of source code | cd $HOME/supplibs/src/ tar xvfz tarfiles/gd-2.0.34.tar.gz mkdir gd cd gd-2.0.34 ./configure \ --with-png=$HOME/supplibs/src/libpng \ --with-jpeg=$HOME/supplibs/src/jpeg \ --prefix=$HOME/supplibs/src/gd make ; make install cp $HOME/supplibs/src/gd/lib/libgd.a $HOME/supplibs/lib mkdir $HOME/supplibs/include/gd cp $HOME/supplibs/src/gd/include/* $HOME/supplibs/include/gd
jasper | 1.900.1 | For image coding and manipulation Links: home page local copy of source code | cd $HOME/supplibs/src/ tar xvfz tarfiles/jasper-1.900.1.tar.gz mkdir jasper cd jasper-1.900.1 ./configure \ --prefix=$HOME/supplibs/src/jasper \ --with-jpeg=$HOME/supplibs/src/jpeg make ; make install cp $HOME/supplibs/src/jasper/lib/libjasper.a $HOME/supplibs/lib
g2clib | 1.4.0 | Decodes data in GRIB2 format. Requires: zlib, png, jasper Links: home page local copy of source code | cd $HOME/supplibs/src/ tar xvfz tarfiles/g2clib-1.4.0.tar.gz cd g2clib-1.4.0 Note: There is no configure script in this library, so you must edit the makefile to change two lines identified below (INC, CC). Write out $HOME explicitly in the makefile. INC=-I/usr/include -I$HOME/supplibs/src/jasper/include \ -I$HOME/supplibs/src/libpng -I$HOME/supplibs/src/zlib/include CC=gcc make cp libgrib2c.a $HOME/supplibs/lib/ mkdir $HOME/supplibs/include/grib2c cp grib2.h $HOME/supplibs/include/grib2c
szip | 2.1 | General purpose lossless compression library. Required by HDF5 Links: home page local copy of source code | cd $HOME/supplibs/src/ tar xvfz tarfiles/szip-2.1.tar.gz mkdir szip cd szip-2.1 ./configure --prefix=$HOME/supplibs/src/szip make ; make install cp $HOME/supplibs/src/szip/lib/libsz.a $HOME/supplibs/lib
udunits | 1.11.7 | Supports units of physical quantities. Links: home page local copy of source code | cd $HOME/supplibs/src/ tar xvfz ./tarfiles/udunits-1.11.7.tar.gz ln -sf udunits-1.11.7 udunits cd udunits/src/ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/supplibs/src/udunits make ; make install cd ../ cp ./lib/libudunits.a $HOME/supplibs/lib/ mkdir $HOME/supplibs/include/udunits cp ./include/udunits.h $HOME/supplibs/include/udunits
hdf | 4.2r3 | Hierarchical Data Format library, version 4. Requires: zlib, udunits, jpeg, szip Links: home page local copy of source code | cd $HOME/supplibs/src/ tar xvfz tarfiles/HDF4.2r3.tar.gz mkdir hdf cd HDF4.2r3 ./configure --disable-netcdf --disable-fortran \ --with-zlib=$HOME/supplibs/src/zlib \ --with-jpeg=$HOME/supplibs/src/jpeg \ --with-szip=$HOME/supplibs/src/szip \ --prefix=$HOME/supplibs/src/hdf make ; make install cp $HOME/supplibs/src/hdf/lib/libdf.a $HOME/supplibs/lib cp $HOME/supplibs/src/hdf/lib/libmfhdf.a $HOME/supplibs/lib mkdir $HOME/supplibs/include/hdf cp $HOME/supplibs/src/hdf/include/*.h $HOME/supplibs/include/hdf
hdf5 | 1.8.11 | (GrADS 2.0.a7+) Hierarchical Data Format library, version 5. Requires: zlib, szip Links: home page local copy of source code | cd $HOME/supplibs/src/ tar xvfz tarfiles/hdf5-1.8.11.tar.gz mkdir hdf5 cd hdf5-1.8.11 ./configure --disable-fortran \ --with-zlib=$HOME/supplibs/src/zlib \ --with-szlib=$HOME/supplibs/src/szip \ --prefix=$HOME/supplibs/src/hdf5 make ; make install cp $HOME/supplibs/src/hdf5/lib/libhdf5.a $HOME/supplibs/lib cp $HOME/supplibs/src/hdf5/lib/libhdf5_hl.a $HOME/supplibs/lib mkdir $HOME/supplibs/include/hdf5 cp $HOME/supplibs/src/hdf5/include/*.h $HOME/supplibs/include/hdf5/
curl | 7.19.6 | For enabling OPeNDAP access. Links: home page local copy of source code | cd $HOME/supplibs/src tar xvfz tarfiles/curl-7.19.6.tar.gz mkdir curl cd curl-7.19.6 ./configure --without-ssl --without-libidn --enable-static \ --disable-ldap --prefix=$HOME/supplibs/src/curl make ; make install cp $HOME/supplibs/src/curl/lib/libcurl.a $HOME/supplibs/lib cp $HOME/supplibs/src/curl/lib/pkgconfig/libcurl.pc $HOME/supplibs/lib/pkgconfig
netcdf | 4.2.1.1 | (GrADS 2.0.a8+) Network Common Data Form library. Requires hdf5, zlib, szip, curl. Links: home page local copy of source code | cd $HOME/supplibs/src tar xvfz tarfiles/netcdf-4.2.1.1tar.gz mkdir netcdf cd netcdf-4.2.1.1 Note: before running configure, set the following environment variables: setenv LIBS "-lsz -lm -lrt -lz -ldl -lcurl" setenv LDFLAGS -L$HOME/supplibs/lib setenv CPPFLAGS -I$HOME/supplibs/include/hdf5 ./configure --disable-f77 --enable-netcdf-4 \ --enable-dap --prefix=$HOME/supplibs/src/netcdf make ; make install cp $HOME/supplibs/src/netcdf/lib/libnetcdf.a $HOME/supplibs/lib mkdir $HOME/supplibs/include/netcdf cp $HOME/supplibs/src/netcdf/include/netcdf.h $HOME/supplibs/include/netcdf cp $HOME/supplibs/src/netcdf/bin/nc-config $HOME/supplibs/bin Note: After the library is built, you can unset the environment variables: unsetenv LIBS unsetenv LDFLAGS unsetenv CPPFLAGS
tiff | 3.8.2 | (GrADS 2.0.a5+) Library for storing image data in the Tag Image File Format. Links: home page local copy of source code | cd $HOME/supplibs/src/ tar xvfz tarfiles/tiff-3.8.2.tar.gz mkdir tiff cd tiff-3.8.2 ./configure --prefix=$HOME/supplibs/src/tiff make ; make install cp lib/libtiff.a $HOME/supplibs/lib/ mkdir $HOME/supplibs/include/tiff cp ./include/*.h $HOME/supplibs/include/tiff
geotiff | 1.2.5 | (GrADS 2.0.a5+) Library for reading, and writing georeferenced raster imagery. Requires: tiff. Links: home page local copy of source code | cd $HOME/supplibs/src/ tar xvfz tarfiles/libgeotiff-1.2.5.tar.gz mkdir geotiff cd libgeotiff-1.2.5 ./configure --enable-incode-epsg --enable-static \ --with-libtiff=$HOME/supplibs/src/tiff \ --prefix=$HOME/supplibs/src/geotiff make ; make install cp $HOME/supplibs/src/geotiff/lib/libgeotiff.a $HOME/supplibs/lib mkdir $HOME/supplibs/include/geotiff cp $HOME/supplibs/src/geotiff/include/* $HOME/supplibs/include/geotiff
shapelib | 1.2.10 | (GrADS 2.0.a8+) Enables handling of shapefiles Links: home page local copy of source code | cd $HOME/supplibs/src/ tar xvfz tarfiles/shapelib-1.2.10.tar.gz cd shapelib-1.2.10 make lib cp ./.libs/libshp.a $HOME/supplibs/lib/ mkdir $HOME/supplibs/include/shapelib cp shapefil.h $HOME/supplibs/include/shapelib
pkgconfig | 0.23 | (GrADS 2.1.a0+) A helper tool used when compiling applications and libraries. Required for Cairo. Links: home page local copy of source code | cd $HOME/supplibs/src tar xvfz tarfiles/pkgconfig-0.23.tar.gz mkdir pkg-config cd pkg-config-0.23 ./configure --prefix=$HOME/supplibs/src/pkg-config make ; make install cp $HOME/supplibs/src/pkg-config/bin/pkg-config $HOME/supplibs/bin/ N.B. These environment variables are set AFTER pkg-config is built: setenv PKG_CONFIG $HOME/supplibs/bin/pkg-config setenv PKG_CONFIG_PATH $HOME/supplibs/lib/pkgconfig
xml2 | 2.6.16 | An XML parser and toolkit. Enables OPeNDAP station data access, also used by Cairo library. Links: home page local copy of source code | cd $HOME/supplibs/src tar xvfz tarfiles/libxml2-2.6.16.tar.gz mkdir libxml2 cd libxml2-2.6.16 ./configure --prefix=$HOME/supplibs/src/libxml2 \ --with-zlib=$HOME/supplibs/src/zlib \ --without-threads --without-iconv --without-iso8859x make ; make install cp $HOME/supplibs/src/libxml2/lib/libxml2.a $HOME/supplibs/lib cp $HOME/supplibs/src/libxml2/lib/pkgconfig/libxml-2.0.pc $HOME/supplibs/lib/pkgconfig
dap | 3.7.8 | Open-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol (OPeNDAP). Requires: xml2, curl. Links: home page local copy of source code | cd $HOME/supplibs/src tar xvfz tarfiles/libdap-3.7.8.tar.gz mkdir libdap cd libdap-3.7.8 N.B. You may need edit configure.ac so it won't use pkg-config to find curl or xml2 (libdap_pkgconfig_libcurl=no and libdap_pkgconfig_libxml2=no) then run autoreconf. This is only necessary if curl is installed someplace else on your system without the special configure options outlined above for building curl. Alternatively, you can set the following environment vars: setenv PKG_CONFIG $HOME/supplibs/bin/pkg-config setenv PKG_CONFIG_PATH $HOME/supplibs/lib/pkgconfig ./configure \ --with-xml2=$HOME/supplibs/src/libxml2 \ --with-zlib=$HOME/supplibs/src/zlib \ --with-curl=$HOME/supplibs/src/curl \ --prefix=$HOME/supplibs/src/libdap make ; make install cp $HOME/supplibs/src/libdap/lib/libdap.a $HOME/supplibs/lib cp $HOME/supplibs/src/libdap/lib/libdapclient.a $HOME/supplibs/lib
gadap | 2.0 | Enables OPeNDAP access of in situ data. Requires dap, curl, and xml2. Links: local copy of source code | cd $HOME/supplibs/src tar xvfz tarfiles/gadap-2.0.tar.gz mkdir gadap cd gadap-2.0 setenv PATH {$PATH}:{$HOME}/supplibs/src/libdap/bin ./configure --prefix=$HOME/supplibs/src/gadap make ; make install cp $HOME/supplibs/src/gadap/lib/libgadap.a $HOME/supplibs/lib/ mkdir $HOME/supplibs/include/gadap cp $HOME/supplibs/src/gadap/include/*.h $HOME/supplibs/include/gadap
Xrender | 0.9.6 | (GrADS 2.1.a0+) A helper tool used when compiling applications and libraries. Required for Cairo. Links: home page local copy of source code | cd $HOME/supplibs/src tar xvfz tarfiles/libXrender-0.9.6.tar.gz mkdir libXrender cd libXrender-0.9.6 N.B. It may be necessary to unset the environment vars PGK_CONFIG and PKG_CONFIG_PATH before configuring libXrender. If so, be sure to reset them before continuing to build the remainder of the libraries. ./configure --prefix=$HOME/supplibs/src/libXrender make ; make install cp $HOME/supplibs/src/libXrender/lib/libXrender.a $HOME/supplibs/lib cp $HOME/supplibs/src/libXrender/lib/pkgconfig/xrender.pc $HOME/supplibs/lib/pkgconfig
pixman | 0.28.0 | (GrADS 2.1.a0+) A pixel manipulation library for X and Cairo. Links: home page local copy of source code | cd $HOME/supplibs/src tar xvfz tarfiles/pixman-0.28.0.tar.gz mkdir pixman cd pixman-0.28.0 ./configure --prefix=$HOME/supplibs/src/pixman make ; make install cp $HOME/supplibs/src/pixman/lib/libpixman-1.a $HOME/supplibs/lib cp $HOME/supplibs/src/pixman/lib/pkgconfig/pixman-1.pc $HOME/supplibs/lib/pkgconfig mkdir $HOME/supplibs/include/pixman-1 cp $HOME/supplibs/src/pixman/include/pixman-1/.h $HOME/supplibs/include/pixman-1/
freetype | 2.4.10 | (GrADS 2.1.a0+) A software font engine. Required by Cairo. Links: home page local copy of source code | cd $HOME/supplibs/src tar xvfz tarfiles/freetype-2.4.10.tar.gz mkdir freetype cd freetype-2.4.10 ./configure \ --without-fsspec --without-fsref --without-ats --without-bzip2 \ --without-quickdraw-toolbox --without-quickdraw-carbon \ --with-zlib=$HOME/supplibs/src/zlib \ --prefix=$HOME/supplibs/src/freetype make ; make install cp $HOME/supplibs/src/freetype/lib/libfreetype.a $HOME/supplibs/lib cp $HOME/supplibs/src/freetype/lib/pkgconfig/freetype2.pc $HOME/supplibs/lib/pkgconfig mkdir -p $HOME/supplibs/include/freetype2/freetype/config cd $HOME/supplibs/include/freetype2 cp $HOME/supplibs/src/freetype/include/freetype/*.h . cd ./freetype cp $HOME/supplibs/src/freetype/include/freetype2/freetype/*.h . cd ./config cp $HOME/supplibs/src/freetype/include/freetype2/freetype/config/*.h .
fontconfig | 2.9.0 | (GrADS 2.1.a0+) A library for configuring and customizing font access. Required by Cairo. Links: home page local copy of source code | cd $HOME/supplibs/src tar xvfz tarfiles/fontconfig-2.9.0.tar.gz mkdir fontconfig cd fontconfig-2.9.0 ./configure --enable-libxml2 \ --prefix=$HOME/supplibs/src/fontconfig \ --with-freetype-config=$HOME/supplibs/src/freetype/bin/freetype-config \ --with-add-fonts=/Library/Fonts,/System/Library/Fonts (for mac) --with-add-fonts=/usr/share/X11/fonts,/usr/share/fonts (for unix) N.B. After configuration, edit config.h to set USE_ICONV = 0 I don't know of another way to tell it not to use libiconv. make ; make install cp $HOME/supplibs/src/fontconfig/lib/libfontconfig.a $HOME/supplibs/lib/ cp $HOME/supplibs/src/fontconfig/lib/pkgconfig/fontconfig.pc \ $HOME/supplibs/lib/pkgconfig mkdir $HOME/supplibs/include/fontconfig cp $HOME/supplibs/src/fontconfig/include/fontconfig/*.h \ $HOME/supplibs/include/fontconfig
cairo | 1.12.16 | (GrADS 2.1.a1+) A 2D graphics library with support for multiple output devices. Requires pkgconfig, zlib, xml2, libpng, pixman, fontconfig, freetype, and Xrender. Links: home page local copy of source code | cd $HOME/supplibs/src tar xvf tarfiles/cairo-1.12.16.tar.gz mkdir cairo cd cairo-1.12.16 ./configure --prefix=$HOME/supplibs/src/cairo \ --enable-xlib=yes \ --enable-xml=yes \ --enable-fc=yes \ --enable-ft=yes \ --enable-xlib-xrender=yes \ --enable-pthread=yes \ --enable-xcb=no \ --enable-qt=no \ --enable-quartz=no \ --enable-win32=no \ --enable-skia=no \ --enable-os2=no \ --enable-beos=no \ --enable-drm=no \ --enable-gl=no make ; make install cp $HOME/supplibs/src/cairo/lib/libcairo.a $HOME/supplibs/lib/ cp $HOME/supplibs/src/cairo/lib/pkgconfig/* $HOME/supplibs/lib/pkgconfig/ mkdir $HOME/supplibs/include/cairo/ cp $HOME/supplibs/src/cairo/include/* $HOME/supplibs/include/cairo/