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D. Availability of GMT and related code

All the source code, support data, PostScript PDF, and HTML versions of all documentation (including UNIX manual pages) can be obtained by anonymous ftp from several mirror sites. We also maintain a GMT page on the World Wide Web (http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu); See this page for installation directions which allow for a simplified, automatic install procedure (for CD-R and DVD-R solutions, see http://www.geoware-online.com.)

The GMT tar archives are available both in gzip and bzip2 format. If neither of these utilities are installed on your system, you should know that the former program is available from GNUD.1 while the latter can be obtained from RedHatD.2. bzip2 compresses much better than gzip: for example, the full resolution coastline database is only 29 Mb in bzip2 format compared to a hefty 44 Mb in gzip. These files have the .bz2 suffix.

The GMT archives are as follows:

GMT_src.tar.{gz,bz2}
  Contains all GMT source code needed for compilation, cpt files, and PostScript patterns.

GMT_share.tar.{gz,bz2}
  Contains support files needed at run-time (cpt files, and PostScript patterns).

GMT_coast.tar.{gz,bz2}
  Contains the intermediate, low, and crude resolutions of the GSHHS coastline database. Required with GMT_src.tar and GMT_share.tar for minimal setup needed to run GMT.

GMT_man.tar.{gz,bz2}
  Contains all the UNIX manual pages.

GMT_pdf.tar.{gz,bz2}
  Contains PDF versions all GMT documentation (man pages, Cookbook and Technical Reference, and the tutorial).

GMT_web.tar.{gz,bz2}
  Contains HTML versions all GMT documentation (man pages, Cookbook and Technical Reference, and the tutorial).

GMT_tut.tar.{gz,bz2}
  Contains the data files used in the tutorial.

GMT_full.tar.{gz,bz2}
  Contains the optional full-resolution coastline database.

GMT_high.tar.{gz,bz2}
  Contains the optional high-resolution coastline database.

GMT_scripts.tar.{gz,bz2}
  Contains all the shell scripts and support data used in the Cookbook section.

GMT_suppl.tar.{gz,bz2}
  Contains several programs written by us and GMT users elsewhere. (See Appendix A for more details).

All of the above archives are also available as Windows ZIP archives, e.g., GMT_src.zip. For Windows users who do not want to compile themselves, there are two zip files with Win32 executables:

GMT_exe.zip
  ZIP archive with all main GMT executables.

GMT_suppl_exe.zip
  ZIP archive with all supplemental GMT executables.

The netCDF library that makes up the backbone of the grdfile I/O operations can be obtained from Unidata. A compressed tar file can be accessed (in binary mode) from the file netcdf.tar.Z in the anonymous FTP directory of unidata.ucar.edu. The software distribution includes a PostScript file of the netCDF User's Guide, and there is also online documentation from their web site. [netcdfgroup@unidata.ucar.edu is available for discussion of the netCDF interface and announcements about netCDF bugs, fixes, and enhancements. To subscribe, send a request to netcdfgroup-adm@unidata.ucar.edu]. Precompiled libraries for WIN32 are also availableD.3.

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