Running and Verification

Procedure

1. Use PuTTY to log in to the server as the root user.
2. Go to the PyFerret installation directory.

   cd /path/to/PyFerret

3. Obtain the PyFerret installation package and rename it.

   wget https://codeload.github.com/NOAA-PMEL/FerretDatasets/tar.gz/v7.6 --no-check-certificate
   mv v7.6 FerretDatasets-7.6.tar.gz

4. Decompress FerretDatasets-7.6.tar.gz.

   tar -zxvf FerretDatasets-7.6.tar.gz

5. Go to the PyFerret installation directory.

   cd /path/to/PyFerret/pyferret/bin

   

6. Run the Finstall script to generate the corresponding file.

   ./Finstall

   During the process, you need to type the PyFerret installation path, FerretDatasets package path, and ferret_paths.sh script generation path. This process is an interactive process, and you need to type the needed information at the following prompts:

   • Proceed? (y/n): Type y and press Enter to continue.
   • FER_DIR: PyFerret installation path. Type /path/to/PyFerret/pyferret.
   • FER_DSETS: FerretDatasets package path. Type /path/to/PyFerret/FerretDatasets-7.6.
   • desired ferret_paths location: ferret_paths.sh script path. Type /path/to/PyFerret/.
   • derret_paths link to create? (c/s/n): Type n.
   • python executable to use: Type python2.7.
7. Load the environment variables.

   cd /path/to/PyFerret
   source ferret_paths.sh

8. Start the main program.

   cd /path/to/PyFerret/pyferret/bin
   ./pyferret
   yes? go /help mp_demo
   yes? USE coads_climatology
   yes? SHADE/X=0:360/Y=-90:90/L=1/TITLE="Standard Plot" sst
   yes? GO fland
   yes? GO land
   yes? exit

   An example of the command output is as follows: