{"id":1768,"date":"2019-06-24T20:59:36","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T20:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/?page_id=1768"},"modified":"2025-01-30T19:10:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T19:10:21","slug":"download","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/archive\/2018-2\/x\/download\/","title":{"rendered":"Download McIDAS-X v. 2018.2"},"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;\">McIDAS-X 2018.2 &#8211; released 31 Dec 2018<\/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\/2018.2\/install-2.html\"><strong>2018.2 Installation Instructions for Unix<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/os-logos\/linux.gif\" border=\"1\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/os-logos\/macosx.gif\" border=\"1\" \/><\/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\/2018.2unix\/mcidas2018.2.sh\">mcidas2018.2.sh<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Source\/data files (251 MB &#8211; <em>updated 04 Feb 2019<\/em>)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/fas\/2018.2unix\/mcidas2018.2.tar.Z\">mcidas2018.2.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\/2018.2unix\/mcinet2018.2.sh\">mcinet2018.2.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\/2018.2\/install-10.html\"><strong>2018.2 Installation Instructions for Windows<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/os-logos\/windows.gif\" border=\"1\" \/><\/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\/2018.2win7\/mcidas2018.2_win7.sh\">mcidas2018.2_win7.sh<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Source\/data\/binary files (220 MB <em>&#8211; updated 04 Feb 2019<\/em>)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/fas\/2018.2win7\/mcidas2018.2_win7.tar.gz\">mcidas2018.2_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\/2018.2win7\/mcidas.mcenv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">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\/2018.2win7\/mcidas.profile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">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>mcidas2018.2_win7.tar.gz<\/tt><\/strong> becomes <strong><tt>mcidas2018.2_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 2018.2<\/h3>\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-inner\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding: 5px;\">[04 Feb 2019] Fixed calibration error with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/info\/mcstretch_info\/\">MCSTRETCH bands<\/a> in AREA files created with STYPE=VISR prior to McIDAS-X 2017.2.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 5px;\">[17 Jan 2019] Fixed error code for ADDE server datasets defined with date expansion (YYYY)\/(DDD)\u00a0 in DIRFILE file matching.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 5px;\">Updated GOES-R Series ABI servers to report the ABI Scan Mode in <strong>IMGLIST<\/strong> output and include the percent good Data Quality Flag value in Area files created via single-band <strong>IMGCOPY<\/strong> commands.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 5px;\">First release of VIIR servers, which create ADDE datasets of JPSS Series VIIRS SDR files in HDF5 format.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 5px;\">Updated <strong>GLMDISP<\/strong> and <strong>GLMLIST<\/strong> commands to work with archive data and to correctly choose between GOES East and West datasets for the specified domain.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 5px;\">Updated GVAR calibration module to increase the precision of GOES-8 to -15 temperature values (TEMP) to two decimal places (hundredths) in <strong>IMGPROBE<\/strong> LIST.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 5px;\">Added new option in <strong>DSSERVE<\/strong> command to allow writing of GeoTIFF files with 32 bit floating point values.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/download\/sigchanges\/\">2018.2 Significant Changes<\/a> to see a more complete listing of the significant changes, or see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/fastrack2018.2_changes.txt\">2018.2 &#8211; All Software Changes<\/a> to see a list of <strong>all of the code changes<\/strong> included in the release.<\/p>\n<p>If upgrading from an older version, 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 documentation 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 10.13.6 Intel w\/ gcc &amp; gfortran 7.3<br \/>\nmacOS 10.12.6 Intel w\/ gcc &amp; gfortran 7.1<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\/2018.2\/install-2.html\">macOS &amp; Linux<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/doc\/users_guide\/2018.2\/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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