Comments on: GLIMMER Ice Shelf Modeling (OS X HowTo) http://kenmankoff.com/2010/05/14/glimmer-ice-shelf-modeling-os-x-howto Antarctica, My PhD, Life, Stuff, etc. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:02:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Saffia http://kenmankoff.com/2010/05/14/glimmer-ice-shelf-modeling-os-x-howto/comment-page-1#comment-8243 Saffia Sun, 04 Jul 2010 23:31:18 +0000 http://kenmankoff.com/?p=3898#comment-8243 Well, by installing ncview and gcc44 through fink and Netcdf (latest version) by hand, I was able to compile and build glimmer. These are the only programs I have installed so far, and glimmer builds successfully. So if your computer's sole purpose is to run Glimmer, these are the programs you'd need. :) Thanks for your guidance, Ken! Well, by installing ncview and gcc44 through fink and Netcdf (latest version) by hand, I was able to compile and build glimmer. These are the only programs I have installed so far, and glimmer builds successfully. So if your computer’s sole purpose is to run Glimmer, these are the programs you’d need. :) Thanks for your guidance, Ken!

]]> By: Ken Mankoff http://kenmankoff.com/2010/05/14/glimmer-ice-shelf-modeling-os-x-howto/comment-page-1#comment-8242 Ken Mankoff Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:57:04 +0000 http://kenmankoff.com/?p=3898#comment-8242 Yes you'll need both a FORTRAN compiler and a variety of other supporting software. See <a href="http://kenmankoff.com/2010/03/15/building-a-softwarehardware-environment-for-research" rel="nofollow">http://kenmankoff.com/2010/03/15/building-a-softwarehardware-environment-for-research</a> for suggestions on how to set up your system. Don't worry about the long time. Some packages (gcc, emacs) can take hours to compile on a modern system. As for redundancy, in theory it is nice to keep it to a minimum, but lots of software has lots of different dependencies, so you often need to have many different versions of the same supporting packages or compilers in order to work with different tools. Yes you’ll need both a FORTRAN compiler and a variety of other supporting software. See
http://kenmankoff.com/2010/03/15/building-a-softwarehardware-environment-for-research for suggestions on how to set up your system.

Don’t worry about the long time. Some packages (gcc, emacs) can take hours to compile on a modern system. As for redundancy, in theory it is nice to keep it to a minimum, but lots of software has lots of different dependencies, so you often need to have many different versions of the same supporting packages or compilers in order to work with different tools.

]]> By: Saffia http://kenmankoff.com/2010/05/14/glimmer-ice-shelf-modeling-os-x-howto/comment-page-1#comment-8241 Saffia Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:44:57 +0000 http://kenmankoff.com/?p=3898#comment-8241 Hi, Also, to build glimmer on mac os x one needs a fortran compiler. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems that the gcc that comes with the xcode developer tools does not include gfortran. So, one must get that separately. I used fink to re-install gcc44. Not sure if this was the best option because it's taking a very long time to install and it doesn't seem like good practice to have a lot of redundant programs loaded onto your machine. But I thought this would be the easiest way to go after reading about problems with compiling gfortran from source and from the HPC Mac OS. (See http://www.macresearch.org/problems-gfortran-snow-leopard and http://www.microscopy.cen.dtu.dk/computing/fortran/index.html). I'll let you know how successful I am. Hi,
Also, to build glimmer on mac os x one needs a fortran compiler. Correct me if I’m wrong, but it seems that the gcc that comes with the xcode developer tools does not include gfortran. So, one must get that separately. I used fink to re-install gcc44. Not sure if this was the best option because it’s taking a very long time to install and it doesn’t seem like good practice to have a lot of redundant programs loaded onto your machine. But I thought this would be the easiest way to go after reading about problems with compiling gfortran from source and from the HPC Mac OS. (See http://www.macresearch.org/problems-gfortran-snow-leopard and http://www.microscopy.cen.dtu.dk/computing/fortran/index.html). I’ll let you know how successful I am.

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