Installation

Downloads, installation instructions, documentation and source code are all available from the cf-python home page.

Installation instructions and hardware and software dependencies are detailed in the README.md file contained with the downloaded source code, which may also be read at https://bitbucket.org/cfpython/cf-python.

Please raise any questions or problems through the cf-python home page.

Dependencies

  • At present, the package only runs under Linux. However, the operating system dependencies are few (relating to the management of memory and open files) and most likely easily remedied for other operating systems.
  • Requires a python version from 2.6 up to, but not including, 3.0.
  • Requires the python numpy package at version 1.6 or newer.
  • Requires the python netCDF4 package at version 0.9.3 or newer. This package requires the netCDF, HDF5 and zlib libraries.
  • Requires UNIDATA’s Udunits-2 package This is a library which provides support for units of physical quantities.

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