Ferret v7.0.0 final release

Ferret v7.0.0 (which should have been called a release candidate) with minor updates.

For the pre-built tar.gz files, you need to extract both the fer_environment.tar.gz and fer_executables.tar.gz files into the same subdirectory where you want the Ferret program to reside. If you do not already have the default Ferret example datasets installed somewhere, you need to extract the fer_dsets.tar.gz file in the subdirectory where you want these datasets files to reside. Finally, you need to run the bin/Finstall script, found under the subdirectory where you installed Ferret, and select option 2. This script asks for the locations of the Ferret directory and the datasets directory, and then creates the ferret_paths scripts.

To run Ferret, you first need to set Ferret environment variable by "source"-ing the appropriate ferret_paths script (". ferret_paths.sh" for Bourne shells, "source ferret_paths.csh" for C-shells). Once these environment variables are set, you should be able to run the ferret program (executable). It should be automatically found (from the PATH environment variables), but resides in the bin subdirectory of your Ferret installation directory.

For Mac OS X, XQuartz is required for the X Windows display (see: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201341 and https://www.xquartz.org/ )

July 26, 2016 - Mac OS X tar.gz files were updated to a build which does not require installation of custom gcc libraries.