{"id":3456,"date":"2024-12-19T22:45:18","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T22:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/?page_id=3456"},"modified":"2025-12-30T00:29:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T00:29:56","slug":"install","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/xcd\/install\/","title":{"rendered":"McIDAS-XCD Installation Instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n

Note: You must<\/strong> install McIDAS-X 2025.1<\/a> on the workstation before<\/strong> you install McIDAS-XCD 2025.1. Then continue with the appropriate set of instructions, as described below.<\/p>\n

McIDAS-XCD v. 2025.1<\/h3>\n

If you are installing McIDAS-XCD for the first time on the workstation, go to the McIDAS-XCD Administrator\u2019s Guide<\/em>\u2018s Installing McIDAS-XCD 2025.1 for the First Time<\/a> and complete its instructions. Use those instructions rather than those below.<\/p>\n

– or –<\/i><\/p>\n

If you are installing McIDAS-XCD Fastrack version 2025.1 on a workstation that already has a previous version of McIDAS-XCD installed, complete the steps below.<\/p>\n

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  1. At a Unix prompt as user oper<\/strong>, stop McIDAS-XCD and then stop LDM by running the commands below in order.\n
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    Type: xcdadmin stop<\/strong><\/span>
    \nType: ldmadmin stop<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

  2. As user oper<\/strong><\/span>, run the script below from the ~oper\/mcidas<\/strong><\/span><\/span> directory to build and install McIDAS-XCD 2025.1 using the same settings for optional flags -noopt<\/strong><\/span> and -mysql<\/strong><\/span> as were used to build McIDAS-X 2025.1. You must use the same compilers and optional flag settings for both the McIDAS-X and McIDAS-XCD builds.\n
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    Type: sh .\/xcd2025.1.sh <\/strong> <\/span>flags <\/em> build<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    where flags<\/em><\/span> is zero, one or both of the two optional flags described below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n