{"id":1157,"date":"2018-12-19T20:04:16","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T20:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/?page_id=1157"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:35:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:35:59","slug":"download","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/archive\/2018-1\/x\/download\/","title":{"rendered":"Download McIDAS-X v. 2018.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>McIDAS software releases are distributed as a total replacement of the core system.\u00a0 Since May 2009 SSEC has been distributing McIDAS-X updates as fully supported Fastrack releases. This means that the software is fully supported by SSEC, and that each change to the software has been tested on all of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/download\/#sysreqs\">supported system configurations<\/a>. Full system testing occurs at least once on each platform during each calendar year. Prior upgrade versions were distributed once a year, normally in late-May.<\/p>\n<p>The SSEC McIDAS Help Desk provides full assistance for McIDAS software questions pertaining to the current or previous version. The Help Desk will still assist those sites that are two issues behind the current version at a reduced capability. A complete description of your MUG support is detailed in the SSEC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/mug\/policydoc\/\">McIDAS Users&#8217; Group Policy Document<\/a>.\u00a0 If you are upgrading from an older version, please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/download\/past_versions\/\">past versions<\/a> page for links to download files and other materials from past versions.<\/p>\n<p>A login name and password is required to download any software. Once you&#8217;ve entered your valid login name and password, you can obtain any other McIDAS software your site is licensed to receive (e.g., McIDAS-X and McIDAS-XCD).<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; border-top: 0px solid black; padding-top: 25px; padding-bottom: 15px; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;\">\nMcIDAS-X 2018.1 &#8211; released 04 May 2018\n<\/div>\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box-group mcidas-box-group-2-columns \" >\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box \" >\n<h3>McIDAS-X Software &amp; Installation for Unix<\/h3>\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/doc\/users_guide\/2018.1\/index.html\"><strong>2018.1 Installation Instructions for Unix<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/os-logos\/linux.gif\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Linux icon\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/os-logos\/macosx.gif\" border=\"1\" alt=\"macOS icon\" \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download (e.g., right-click and select <em>Save<\/em>) the following files to the <strong><tt>~mcidas<\/tt><\/strong> directory on your McIDAS-X workstation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Install\/uninstall script (28 KB)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/fas\/2018.1unix\/mcidas2018.1.sh\">mcidas2018.1.sh<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Source\/data files (249 MB)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/fas\/2018.1unix\/mcidas2018.1.tar.Z\">mcidas2018.1.tar.Z<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>ADDE remote server configuration script (18 KB)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/fas\/2018.1unix\/mcinet2018.1.sh\">mcinet2018.1.sh<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/download\/xrd\/\">-XRD Information<\/a> for more information on McIDAS-XRD.<\/p>\n<p><em>(the compiled version of -X &amp; -XRD is about 1.3 GB)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box \" >\n<h3>McIDAS-X Software &amp; Installation for Windows<\/h3>\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/doc\/users_guide\/2018.1\/index.html\"><strong>2018.1 Installation Instructions for Windows<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/os-logos\/windows.gif\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Windows icon\" \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download (e.g., right-click and select <em>Save<\/em>) the following files to the <strong><tt>~mcidas<\/tt><\/strong> directory on your Windows7 workstation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Install\/uninstall script (20 KB)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/fas\/2018.1win7\/mcidas2018.1_win7.sh\">mcidas2018.1_win7.sh<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Source\/data\/binary files (217 MB)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/fas\/2018.1win7\/mcidas2018.1_win7.tar.gz\">mcidas2018.1_win7.tar.gz<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>environment variables used by McIDAS-X (8 KB)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/fas\/2018.1win7\/mcidas.mcenv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mcidas.mcenv<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>template for creating a .profile file (4 KB)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/fas\/2018.1win7\/mcidas.profile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mcidas.profile<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>(the compiled version of -X &amp; -XRD is about 745 MB)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script>\n\t\t\t\t$(document).ready(function(){\n\t\t\t\t\t$(\".mcidas-box-group\").children(\"p\").remove();\n\t\t\t\t\t$(\".mcidas-box\").children(\"p\").remove();\n\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t<\/script><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>Note:<\/strong> The installation will fail if the names of the downloaded files do not exactly match those listed. If your web browser changes the names of the files during download (e.g., <strong><tt>mcidas2018.1_win7.tar.gz<\/tt><\/strong> becomes <strong><tt>mcidas2018.1_win7_tar.gz<\/tt><\/strong>), you must rename the files before installing.<\/em><br \/>\n<a name=\"sysreqs\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box-group mcidas-box-group-2-columns \" >\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box \" >\n<h3>What's New in McIDAS-X 2018.1<\/h3>\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-inner\">\n<p><strong>Updates<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding: 10px;\">Added new command <strong>RGBDISP<\/strong> for displaying RGB images in McIDAS image frames.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 10px;\">Added new commands <strong>GLMDISP<\/strong> and <strong>GLMLIST<\/strong> for displaying and listing lightning data from GOES-R Series GLM.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 10px;\">Added new satellite and band combinations that use the Expanded Stretch Feature, aka <strong>MCSTRETCH<\/strong>. For more information, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/info\/mcstretch_info\/\">Expanded Stretch Feature page<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 10px;\">Updated the GOES-R Series ABI servers and calibration modules to support GOES-17 to -19, and to update the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/info\/goes16-subpoint-correction\/\">GOES-16 nominal subpoint<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 10px;\">Updated the MSG servers to carry along new georeferencing flag in MSG L1.5 data that was implemented 06 Dec 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/archive\/2018-1\/sigchanges\/\">2018.1 Significant Changes<\/a> to see a more complete listing of the significant changes, or see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/fastrack2018.1_changes.txt\">2018.1 Software Changes text file<\/a> to see a list of <strong>all of the code changes<\/strong> included in the release.<\/p>\n<p>If you are upgrading from an older version, please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/download\/past_versions\/\">past versions<\/a> page for links to download files and other materials from past versions.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box \" >\n<h3>System Requirements<\/h3>\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-inner\">\n<p><strong>Tested &amp; Supported OS Versions<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Apple<\/strong> &#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">macOS 10.12.6 Intel w\/ gcc &amp; gfortran 7.1<br \/>\nOS X 10.11.6 Intel w\/ gcc &amp; gfortran 5.3<br \/>\nXQuartz X server<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"c3\"><strong>Microsoft<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"c3\">Windows 7 Enterprise<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"c3\">with Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (SUA) and SUA Community Complete Toolset<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"c3\"><strong>Red Hat<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"c3\">Enterprise Linux 7.4 Intel w\/ gcc &amp; gfortran 4.8.5<br \/>\nEnterprise Linux6.9 Intel w\/ gcc &amp; gfortran 4.4.7<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Complete System Requirements<br \/>\n<span style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/doc\/users_guide\/2018.1\/install-2.html\">macOS &amp; Linux<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/doc\/users_guide\/2018.1\/install-10.html\">Windows<\/a>] <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/info\/sysreqplans\/\">Future OS Support Plans<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/info\/os_surveys\/\">OS User Survey Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script>\n\t\t\t\t$(document).ready(function(){\n\t\t\t\t\t$(\".mcidas-box-group\").children(\"p\").remove();\n\t\t\t\t\t$(\".mcidas-box\").children(\"p\").remove();\n\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t<\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McIDAS software releases are distributed as a total replacement of the core system.\u00a0 Since May 2009 SSEC has been distributing McIDAS-X updates as fully supported Fastrack releases. 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