This page describes how to install Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) on Cygwin.
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Set the environmental variable HDF5_DISABLE_VERSION_CHECK=2 by adding the following line to the '.bashrc' file in the cygwin home folder (Omitting this step will cause an error):
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export HDF5_DISABLE_VERSION_CHECK=2 |
Download the latest stable 'gdal' source code from 'http://download.osgeo.org/gdal', and extract it to a temporary folder (e.g. '$HOME/builds/'), and run the following commands:
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cd $HOME/builds/gdal-x.x.x (x.x.x is the version) |
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./configure --prefix=$HOME/opt/gdal-x.x.x |
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make |
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make install |
Download the latest stable GMT source code from 'http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/projects/gmt/wiki/Download', along with 'gshhg-gmt' and 'dcw-gmt', and extract the source codes into a temporary build folder (e.g. '$HOME/builds/').
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In the GMT source folder, copy cmake/ConfigUserTemplate.cmake to cmake/ConfigUser.cmake and edit the file. For example:
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set (CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "/home/<username>/opt/gmt5") |
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set (GSHHG_ROOT "/home/<username>/builds/gshhg-gmt-2.3.4") |
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set (COPY_GSHHG TRUE) |
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set (DCW_ROOT "/home/<username>/builds/dcw-gmt-1.1.2") |
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set (COPY_DCW TRUE) |
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set (GDAL_ROOT "/home/<username>/opt/gdal-2.0.1") |
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| Replace <username> with your actual username. |
Build and install GMT:
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cd <path to GMT source> |
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mkdir build |
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cd build |
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cmake .. |
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make |
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make install |
Set up the PATH environmental variables for GMT and GDAL by adding the following line in '.bashrc' file in the cygwin home folder:
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export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/opt/gmt5/bin:$HOME/opt/gdal-2.0.1/bin |
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