Changeset a14839a in flex_extract.git for For_developers/Sphinx/source/Support/faq.rst

Timestamp:

May 15, 2020, 2:27:39 PM (4 years ago)

Author:

Petra Seibert <petra.seibert [at) univie.ac.at>

Branches:

master, ctbto, dev

Children:

f20342a

Parents:

b936fd3

Message:

Language corrections for the Sections Developers, Support, Changelog, and the home directory (index.html)

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• For_developers/Sphinx/source/Support/faq.rst (modified) (1 diff)

For_developers/Sphinx/source/Support/faq.rst

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-What can I do if I can't install the third party libraries from distribution packages?
+What can I do if I can't install the third-party libraries from distribution packages?
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-This can be the case if the user does not have admin rights. 
-It is possible to install the necessary libraries locally from source. 
-For this case you should follow the following steps:
+This can be the case if the user does not have admin rights and the sysadmins would not want to provide the libraries. 
+In this case, a workaround is to install the necessary libraries from source into a user directory, following these steps:
 
-Installation hints:
+Steps to install libraries from source:
     1. `Read Emoslib installation instructions <https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/EMOS/Emoslib>`_
     2. `Read ECMWF blog about gfortran <https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/SUP/2015/05/11/Building+ECMWF+software+with+gfortran>`_
     3. `Install FFTW <http://www.fftw.org>`_
-    4. `Install EMOSLIB <https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/EMOS/Emoslib>`_ (2 times make! one without any options and one with single precision option)
+    4. `Install EMOSLIB <https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/EMOS/Emoslib>`_ (execute ``make`` two times! One time without any options, and another time with the single-precision option.)
     5. `Install ECCODES <https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/ECC>`_
-    6. Register at Mars (:ref:`ref-registration`)
+    6. Register for MARS access (:ref:`ref-registration`)
     7. Install Web API's `CDS API <https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api-how-to>`_ and `ECMWF Web API <https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/WEBAPI/ECMWF+Web+API+Home>`_
-    8. Check LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable if it contains all paths to the libs
-    9. Check available python packages (e.g. import eccodes / import grib_api / import ecmwfapi)
+    8. Check whether LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable contains the paths to all the libs
+    9. Check available Python packages (e.g. ``import eccodes`` / ``import grib_api`` / ``import ecmwfapi``)
     10. Start test retrieval (:ref:`ref-test-local`)
     11. Install ``flex_extract`` (:doc:`../installation`)