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Local Machine Guide

These steps should be performed before installing PROTEUS on your computer. They do not apply when running PROTEUS on a server or HPC cluster. For instructions on configuring PROTEUS on a remote machine, see the cluster guide pages.

Once you have followed these steps, go back to the main installation guide page.

Apple MacOS

  1. Open the terminal to install the developer tools

    xcode-select --install

  2. Install the FORTRAN NetCDF and wget libraries via the most appropriate method for you.

    Homebrew (recommended) 

    brew install netcdf netcdf-fortran wget

    MacPorts 

    sudo port install netcdf-fortran +gcc8 wget

  3. Pay attention to replace .bashrc throughout the instructions below with .zshrc if you are on Mac OS >10.15 (Catalina) and using the default shell.

Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)

Install gfortran and the NetCDF libraries via your package manager 

sudo apt install libnetcdff-dev gfortran

Microsoft Windows

It is not recommended to install and use PROTEUS on Windows machines. The installation instructions are written with Linux and MacOS in mind. If attempting on Windows, check out the section on Windows instructions in VS Code Instructions Kapteyn Cluster.