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@karlmsmith karlmsmith released this 14 Sep 21:46
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7.4.3
0ca1818

Release to fix a couple of rarely-encountered bugs.

Release notes found at https://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/documentation/release-notes/version-743-release-notes

The pre-built distributions given here contain the extracted contents of both fer_environment.tar.gz and fer_executables.tar.gz tar files associated with older releases of Ferret. After extracting the contents of the appropriate tar file, run the bin/Finstall script found in the extracted directory with option 2 (skip option 1, it has already been done). The pre-built distribution files do include the traditional fer_environment.tar.gz and fer_executables.tar.gz for those who wish to use these files. These files just duplicate other files already in the pre-built distribution.

Linux:

The distribution ferret-7.4.3-RHEL7-64.tar.gz was build on a RedHat Enterprise Linux v7.5 system and include HDF5-1.10.2 and NetCDF-4.6.1. This distribution can be used for newer 64-bit Linux systems.

The distribution ferret-7.4.3-RHEL6-64.tar.gz was build on a RedHat Enterprise Linux v6.9 system and include HDF5-1.10.2 and NetCDF-4.6.1. This distribution should be used for older 64-bit Linux systems, or with newer 64-bit Linux systems with support for legacy libraries.

Mac OS X:

The XQuartz X-Windows package for Mac OS X is also required for Ferret displayed plots (see: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201341 and https://www.xquartz.org/ for more information).

Due to the number of issues arising from using our Mac distribution package on other Mac systems, we no longer provide a distribution package. Instead we recommend using PyFerret. Installing PyFerret using Anaconda is quite easy. See the Anaconda Installation - Linux, OS X, and Windows 10/bash section about half way through https://github.com/NOAA-PMEL/PyFerret/blob/master/README.md

Alternatively, building Ferret or PyFerret from the source code using Homebrew packages is also fairly simple. See https://github.com/NOAA-PMEL/Ferret/blob/master/README_ferret_mac_homebrew.md or https://github.com/NOAA-PMEL/PyFerret/blob/master/README_pyferret_mac_homebrew.md for more information.

It appears the problem with PyFerret displayed windows when using Sierra and High Sierra has been fixed although some warning messages may appear when they are first displayed. Note these fixes are not in the PyFerret code, but rather either in updates to libraries used by PyFerret or in the operating systems.

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