Solid Earth Installation

Solid Earth capabilities are only supported for Linux and Mac.

Binaries (Recommended)

If you don't want to install from source, you can download the binaries of ISSM available here.

You will also need to http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/projects/gmt/wiki/Download from the Generic Mapping Tools website. For macOS, you can select gmt-5.4.3-darwin-x86_64.dmg, and install it on your machine.

From source (for Developers)

Please follow the steps of a regular installation first and make sure it is working before adding Solid Earth capabilities.

External packages installation

The following additional external packages need to be installed:

  • math77
  • python
  • nose
  • numpy
  • gshhg
  • gdal
  • hdf5
  • netcdf
  • gmt
  • gmsh

NOTE: after the installation of each package, one should source the environment:

$ source $ISSM_DIR/etc/environment.sh

ISSM compilation

The configuration script of ISSM needs to include the following additional options:

--with-math77-dir=$ISSM_DIR/externalpackages/math77/install \

You can now reconfigure and recompile ISSM, it will have Solid Earth capabilities.