Technology Update

August 28, 2009

Linux software updates

The wgrib software package has been added to the default software list for EAS Linux machines. wgrib is a program to manipulate GRIB files and is located in /opt/wgrib .

The GMT, IDL, and WDSS-ii packages are ready for update. GMT 4.5.0 can be found in /project/devo/b/gmt-4.5.0 . IDL 7.1 is available in /project/devo/b/idl-7.1 . WDSS-ii December 2008 is available in /project/devo/b/WDSS2 (32-bit) and /project/devo/b/WDSS2-x64 (64-bit). These packages will be installed on Tuesday, September 8. Please report any problems encountered during testing to eas-itap@purdue.edu.