GAMIT/GLOBK 10.31 Installation on Opensuse 10.2

GAMIT/GLOBK 10.31 Installation on Opensuse 10.2
by. K. Cheng 5/25/2007
GAMIT/GLOBK is a GPS processing software developed by MIT.

1. Fix gfortran 4.2 problem: gfortran 4.1 is installed with Opensuse 10.3 but GAMIT/GLOBK requires gfortran 4.2.

• install svn with yast (see documentation here).
• download gcc (gfortran) 4.2 with subversion (took long time to download it).
• see documentation, namely, gfortran on MIT's ftp site for the command of svn.

2. Configure/install/build gcc (gfortran) 4.2.

• see the document installing_g77 from MIT's ftp site.
• one typo found in the document: configure --prefix=/usr/local
  
• at configuration, the screen will show

***....The following languages will be installed: ..... C++,java,....
Fortran is not included!

3. Check prerequisite for gcc: http://gcc.gnu.org:

• under installation/prerequsite, it says MPRF should be v 2.1.1 or later.
• MPRF is 2.1.0 on opensuse 10.2

4. Download MPRF source codes (http://www.mprf.org)

• configure and installation (see Documentation/installing MPRF from mprf web)
  
• configure/make/make check/make install

5. Redo step 2. The screen now says:
***....The following languages will be installed: ..... C++,java,....
Fortran is now included!

6. Following installing_g77 to complete the installation of gcc

• configure --prefix=/usr/local
  
• make bootstrap
• make install
  

7. Add environmental variable: LD_LIBRARY_PATH to ensure running

• export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib64

8. complier installed:

• cc 4.1.2
• gcc 4.2.1
• c++ 4.2.1
• cpp does not work.
• g77 (f77) 3.3.5
• gfortran 4.2.1

9. Now we start installing GAMIT/GLOBK
I simply followed the instruction from the downloaded package. Some note though:

• unalias 'ls'
• make sure the path of old com does not get in the way
• GMT should be in US units (not in SI)