The recommended way of installing stormtracks is in a python virtualenv. The instructions below show how to do this on a Debian based Linux system (e.g. Ubuntu, Linux Mint).
sudo aptitude install python-pip build-essential
sudo pip install virtualenv
Creates and activates a virtualenv to run stormtracks from:
mkdir stormtracks
cd stormtracks
virtualenv .env
source .env/bin/activate
Installing stormtracks using pip will install stormtracks-admin.py, a utility which can help install stormtrack’s dependencies. This will perform a complete install on Debian based linux computers. This will prompt you for your root password, if you are unhappy about this use the next manual method.
pip install stormtracks
stormtracks-admin.py install-full
Installs libraries required to build the python packages (Debian based Linux). Fixes a library so as basemap will build properly by symlinking the required library. Installs pip requirements in 4 stages to get round some installation problems with some of the modules.
stormtracks-admin.py print-installation-commands
stormtracks-admin.py print-installation-commands > install.sh
bash install.sh