Gmt install seems partial

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Hi,
I had not made an install of GMT for more than ten years, so I feell rusty on the subject.
I just made a straight forward install under Debian:
cmake …
cmake --build .
sudo cmake --build . --target install
I did not notice any error during the process.
However, the command gmt is the only one known. gmtinfo, for example, does not exist.
Even when locating the word, I can find the doc, the help file, but not the executable.
I don’t see it by giving a look at /usr/share/gmt or/usr/local/bin.

What did I miss?
Rgds,
Olivier

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In ‘newer’ gmt, all modules are called with gmt.

Try gmt gmtinfo or gmt info.

3

Much better indeed.
I did not know I was so much old school.
Thanks a lot.
Olivier

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Wait until you meet the modern mode :slight_smile:

5

Olivier, all info on how to get old scripts to run with just the gmt command is on the left side bar under RESOURCES when you type

gmt docs home

6

On my Mac, I keep both GMT4 and GMT6 installed so that I can run old GMT4 scripts without modification and use the new “gmt command” syntax when I am writing new scripts with GMT6. The MacPorts package manager allows you to install both “gmt4” and “gmt6”.