GMTSAR for Debian
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On Debian systems the GMTSAR sowtware is split into four packages:

  * gmtsar-core: provides the main C/C++ executable programs
  * gmtsar-data: provides the common data needed by gtsar-core
    and gmtsar-scripts
  * gmtsar-scripts: provide a long list of utility scripts mostly
    writter in csh
  * gmtsar: is a metapackage that allows users to preform a full
    installation of the GMTSAR software in a simple way

External programs and libraries, like snaphu and epr-api, that are
normally bundled in the upstream GMTSAR distribution, are not provided
by the Debian gmtsar* packages.
They are in any case available as separate Debian packages (please note
that snaphu is in the non-free archive).

Differently from the standard installation of GMTSAR, in Debian the
scripts provided by the gmtsar-scripts package are not installed in
the /usr/bin folder, rather they are installed into the
/usr/share/gmtsar/scripts folder.

Users that want to use the GMTSAR scripts shall configure the
executable search path as follows:

  $ export PATH=${PATH}:/usr/share/gmtsar/scripts

or equivalent command compatible with the shell used.

Please also note that the SW is configured to look for the "orbits"
directory in the user's home folder in the following path:

  ~/.gmtsar/orbits

 -- Antonio Valentino <antonio.valentino@tiscali.it>  Sat, 25 May 2024 15:43:31 +000
