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Asked: 2017-08-12 00:58:08 +0800 CST

How to install a program in a 'system location'?

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I am quite new to Linux in general, using Ubuntu 16.04. I am planning to install the ecCodes software (https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/ECC/ecCodes+installation), to load some grib files into R using the gribr package. The installation instruction of the gribr package suggest that the ecCodes library should be best installed into a system location ("ecCodes installed in a system location: The the libraries/headers should be found by the linker/compiler without any additional environmental settings.")

In the installation instruction of ecCodes linked above, the corresponding line in the instructions says

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/path/to/where/you/install/eccodes ../eccodes-x.y.z-Source

So, to what path do I need to set /path/to/where/you/install/eccodes so that this is an appropriate system location?

16.04

1 Answers

  1. The system location that you need to install it can vary. Your best bet would be to install it using a package manager like apt-get.

    Check the ecCodes packages available here. It appears that there is only source code available in the repos though.

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