Running SeaDAS-7.5.1

alsahli · by **alsahli** » Tue Jul 24, 2018 7:29 pm America/New_York

Hi there,

I am using fedora 28 64 bit, the latest version of fedora. The system has:
Bash version 4.4.19
Python 2.7.14
Git version 2.17.0
cURL 7.59.0

I downloaded seadas7.5.1 and run the command (sh seadas_7.5.1_linux64_installer.sh) in the terminal to install the software. I got the agreement terms in the terminal. I hit enter to proceed until I finish the terms. Then, I typed (y) and Enter to install the software. Finally, I was asked whether I want to run SeaDAS. I typed "y' and enter, but the SeaDAS GUI did not appear.
I opened bashrc file and saved this command: "export PATH=/home/Alsahli/seadas-7.5.1/bin:$PATH " but nothing changed.
Every time I tried to open SeaDAS using the terminal nothing comes up.
[Alsahli@localhost ~]$ seadas
[Alsahli@localhost ~]$

Any assistance would be highly appreciated.

Regards,
Mohammad

by **OB SeaDAS - knowles** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 8:33 am America/New_York

When you installed SeaDAS did you get a Wizard GUI which then walked you through the steps? You wrote "I typed 'y' and enter". This sounds like your installation stayed at the command line and was not done via the Wizard GUI? The Wizard GUI has checkbox for "Run SeaDAS now". Am I correct, that you did not see an installation GUI while installing SeaDAS?

Also, what do you get when you type the following command?
$ which seadas

You should get: /home/Alsahli/seadas-7.5.1/bin/seadas

Also what do you get when you type the command?
$ ls /home/Alsahli/seadas-7.5.1/bin

Does this seadas directory exist?

Note: when you edit your .bashrc file, the changes don't automatically show up in the current terminal. Open a new terminal window and your changes will show up there.

Also note that if your PATH isn't set up you can still run seadas by typing the full path at the command line:
$ /home/Alsahli/seadas-7.5.1/bin/seadas

Danny

alsahli · by **alsahli** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 1:08 pm America/New_York

Thanks Danny for your replay,

You are right. GUI did not appear. I was using the command line.
I guess that there was some thing wrong with java. Anyway, I decided to switch to Ubuntu operating system. It is more convenience operating system than fedora. Also, SeaDAS team provided step by step tutorial using Ubuntu.

I am writing to you on Ubuntu. I installed SeaDAS. So far, every thing works just like a charm :)
Hopefully, I will be able to install ocssw.py files smoothly.

Thanks again,
Mohammad