Installing McIDAS-X

The system administrator or person who installs McIDAS-X will use these installation instructions. The instructions follow the table below, which lists the software versions compatible with McIDAS-X 2020.1.

McIDAS-X 2020.1 was tested - and is fully supported - on these versions only. In most cases, you should be able to install and run McIDAS-X 2020.1 on workstations running later editions in the same version series (e.g., if McIDAS-X is tested and supported on version 1.2.1, then versions 1.2.2, 1.2.3, etc. are also likely to work correctly). However, please keep in mind that McIDAS User Services is very limited in its ability to acquire and test versions other than those below and thus is limited in its ability to assist in troubleshooting problems that occur with other versions.

Vendor	Operating System	Fortran Compiler	C Compiler	X Server / X Window System
Apple^®	macOS^® 10.14.6 Intel	gfortran 8.3	gcc 8.3	XQuartz 2.7.11
	macOS 10.13.6 Intel	gfortran 7.3	gcc 7.3	XQuartz 2.7.11
	macOS Notes: On macOS systems the compilers and system utilities must be installed in a specific order. See the Installing the Required Packages section for macOS workstations on the next page for the instructions.
Red Hat^™	Enterprise Linux^® 8.2 Intel	gfortran 8.3.1	gcc 8.3.1	packaged with Enterprise Linux 8.2
	Enterprise Linux 7.7 Intel	gfortran 4.8.5	gcc 4.8.5	packaged with Enterprise Linux 7.7
	Linux Notes: We have encountered problems with the GUI when using the GNOME 3 desktop environment, which is the default on RHEL systems. We recommend installing and using KDE on RHEL 7, and Xfce on RHEL 8. Using a different desktop environment on either system may result in the McIDAS-X GUI windows not displaying correctly or at all. Enterprise Linux does not install the compress utility by default. So you must install compress if you will be configuring your Enterprise Linux workstation as an ADDE remote server.
Microsoft^®	Windows^®10 with Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)	gfortran	gcc	see below
	*Preliminary Release of McIDAS-X on Windows 10 Systems:* SSEC McIDAS User Services has successfully installed and run McIDAS-X 2020.1 on Windows 10 computers with Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) installed. Some issues are still being addressed, but you are free to install and run it on your Windows 10 computer. An instructions document is being created and will be available here when complete. Please be sure to report any bugs or problems you encounter to McIDAS User Services.

The McIDAS-X installation consists of seven tasks:

If you have questions about the installation, call the McIDAS Help Desk at (608) 262-2455, or send email to McIDAS User Services.

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