Content

• To install ncBrowse, see the ncBrowse Instellation web site.
• Java Version and Installation
• UNIX Installation without Installer (version 1.4.*)
• Java Graphics Engine

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Java Version and Installation

1. Check your current java version using "java -version". If the version is not "1.2" or newer go to step 2.
2. Update your java. Solaris and Windows versions of java can be found at http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.3/. Ports to other platforms can be found at http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/java-ports.cgi.
3. Get the appropriate installer.
4. Install following the provided directions.
5. Test.

Now your ready to install/run ncBrowse. Note: The InstallAnywhere scripts ask you to select a java, select the java you just installed and proceed.

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UNIX Installation without Installer (ncBrowse version 1.4.*)

1. Check your current java version using "java -version". If the version is not "1.4" or newer go to Java Version and Installation.
2. Download ncBrowse.jar, lashandler.jar, noaa_pmel.jar, netcdfAll.jar, dods.jar, visad.jar, and png.jar (left mouse click on the links and "Save link as...") and place in a public readable directory, for example, "/usr/local/jar".
3. Create a script named "ncBrowse" and place it in your PATH. For example, /usr/local/bin.

   #!/bin/sh
   #
   # JAVA_HOME is the installation directory
   # for Java 2 version 1.4
   #
   PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
   #
   # classpath for Unix cannot have spaces between components
   #
   classpath="/usr/local/jar/ncBrowse.jar:\
   /usr/local/jar/visad.jar:/usr/local/jar/noaa_pmel.jar:\
   /usr/local/jar/netcdfAll.jar:/usr/local/jar/dods.jar:\
   /usr/local/jar/png.jar:/usr/local/jar/lashandler.jar"
   
   java -cp $classpath ncBrowse.Browser $1
         

4. Type "chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ncBrowse" and your ready to go!

   The above jar files are all included in the installers.

Jave Graphics Engine

The Scientific Graphics Toolkit (sgt) is used to graph one- or two-dimensional subsets defined in the Domain Selector window. SGT is freely available with on-line examples, tutorials and documentation. See http://www.epic.noaa.gov/java/sgt/.

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