How to Compile MET v3.0 of programs on ABE

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1. While in your home directory on abe, open the file .soft with your favorite text editing program. ex. (vi , pico)
2. Make sure that the following tags are included if using Intel compilers

   @teragrid-basic
   @default
   @teragrid-dev
   +netcdf
   +intel-10.0

3. After updating .soft, use the command

   resoft

4. At current, abe doesn't have all the libraries need for the build. BUFRLIB will need to be downloaded and compiled. It can be downloaded from here. Transfer the file to abe with the command detailed below.
5. Then unpack the file with the following commands.

   mkdir BUFRLIB
   mv BUFRLIB.tar BUFRLIB
   cd BUFRLIB
   tar xf BUFRLIB.tar

6. I found the Portland Group compilers work.
7. The README_BUFRLIB file calls for the FORTRAN 77 and ANSI C compilers.
8. Open preproc.sh in a text editor and add

   AC=/usr/local/pgi/linux86-64/10.8/bin/pgcc

under ENDIANTEST and change

  /usr/lib/cpp -P -D$byte_order $i $bnf

to

  cpp -P -D$byte_order $i $bnf

1. Run preproc.sh

   ./preproc.sh

2. Then use the following set of commands to compile the rest of the code

   pgcc -c -DUNDERSCORE *.c
   pgf77 -c -DUNDERSCORE -Mnosecond_underscore *.f *.F
   ar crv libbufr.a *.o

   1. Warnings may be encountered when compiling a few of the BUFRLIB files but they may be ignored.

1. Download MET, which will come in the form of METv3.0.20100930.tar.gz.
2. Then transfer the file to abe with the command

    scp file username@login-abe.ncsa.teragrid.org:/u/ac/username 

   1. note that if you don't have the ability to access abe from outside the teragrid's web based portal, this might not work. You would then have to use the teragrid portal file transfer application.
3. Once the file is on abe, you must untar and ungzip the file.

    tar xzf filename 

4. Move into the new directory and cp the appropriate default make file to Makefile

   cp METv2.0/Makefile_gnu Makefile
   cp METv2.0/Makefile_pgi Makefile
   cp METv2.0/Makefile_ibm Makefile
   cp METv2.0/Makefile_intel Makefile

   1. For this compilation, the Intel compilers will be used. It was found to compile easily.
5. Open the new Makefile with your favorite text editor.
6. Place the appropriate pathways for each compiler and library.

   CXX = /usr/local/intel/10.1.017/bin/icc
   FC = /usr/local/intel/10.1.017/bin/ifort
   NETCDF_BASE = /usr/apps/lib/netcdf
   GSL_BASE = /usr/apps/math/gsl/gsl-1.10/intel10

7. For the BUFRLIB, use the pathway to your own build.

   BUFR_BASE = /u/ac/username/BUFRLIB

8. To build MET, use

   make >& make_met.log&
   tail -f make_met.log

   1. CNTL-C will exit the tail command.
9. Search the make_met.log file for the statement that means the build was successful.

   *** Finished Making the Model Evaluation Tools Project ***

10. To run the scripts to test the build

    cd scripts
    ./test_all.sh >& test_all.log&
    tail -f test_all.log

    1. Any parts of the build that were disabled in the make file will fail. PB2NC could possibly fail because it requires a 32-bit build to work and this is a 64-bit build. In my build, PB2NC was disabled in the makefile.
11. Examine the test_all.log file for the message to confirm the run was successful.

    *** Finished Testing the Model Evaluation Tools Project ***

12. To examine the output files from the test runs.

    cd ../out

13. A tutorial with additional compilation instructions and instructions on test cases can be found here.

*created by Brandon Austin 10/16/10