Quick Installations Instructions for the SOO/STRC WS Eta

Note: These instructions assume that you have previously installed the SOO/STRC WS Eta distribution and have an existing user "eta" (or other) account.

1. Create a worketa directory

Create a directory on come partition with a significant amount of disk space. For the sake of these instructions it is assumed that you /usr1 is used although almost any partition may be used.

% mkdir /usr1/worketa3.1

Create a link called /usr1/worketa to /usr1/worketa3.1.

% ln -s /usr1/worketa3.1 /usr1/worketa

2. Download the necessary tar files

For the version 3.1 of the SOO/STRC WS Eta you will need to download the following files downloaded into the /usr1/worketa directory:

worketa_soostrc_*.tar.gz
worketa_topo.tar.gz
worketa_sfc_BigE.tar.gz <-- If you have a big endian machine (Ex: HP, SUN, etc.)
worketa_sfc_LittleE.tar.gz <-- If you have a little endian machine (Ex: Linux, DEC)

And if you are running a binary distribution

worketa_bin_HPUX_##x##.tar.gz <-- If you have a HPUX machine
worketa_bin_LINUX_##x##.tar.gz <-- If you have a LINUX machine

3. Unpack the tar files

Unpack the files in the following order:

% zcat worketa_soostrc_*.tar.gz | tar xvf -
% zcat worketa_sfc_LittleE.tar.gz | tar xvf -
% zcat worketa_topo.tar .gz | tar xvf -

And the binary distribution if necessary:

% zcat worketa_bin_linux_##x##.tar.gz | tar xvf -

4. Log out and back in again as user "eta"

Log out and back in as user "eta". change directories to $WS_ETA:

% cd $WS_ETA

If you are at the top level of of the WS Eta distribution then you are all set to model!