Hello everyone, Please, I have been trying to install GMT on my windows 10 laptop. I have been battling with this for days now…trying to source a solution on google, but all to no successful installation. I have installed Cygwin and supported libraries that assist the GMT, but, I think I’m having …

On Linux you will need to have xdg-open installed. The instructions for installing GMT on Ubuntu for instance says you need this: sudo apt-get install xdg-utils

WSL has very rough edges. I wouldn’t recommend it for un-experienced unix user. If one use it together with the file manager it will screw the file permissions in such a way that … I give up. Chances are very high that you don’t even need bash to start with. Just use plain cmd, and when you need Go…

Not to mention that being a Ubuntu you are doomed to used OLD GMT versions or GMT with old dependencies.

Wow! Thanks for following So, please could you explain how I can use plain cmd to run GMT after installing the .exe file on my PC @Joaquim

Well, open a command window and type GMT commands in it like one do in any other shell environment. The limitation with cmd is that the batch language is either very poor or complicated but being a beginner you won’t need (yet) the more advanced features of the bash language. And at any time you can…

Thanks @Joaquim for the elucidation! I will go ahead with your instructions, At the end of the installation, I am posed with the completion of plotting a simple map, topography map, and plot earthquake epicenters on a map. I trust I could always reach out to you, if faced with other challenges. …

@Johnie Sorry, I should mention that you should first do: $ sudo apt update $ sudo apt upgrade In order to get your packages system (apt) up-to-date (assuming you just set WSL up). Then try again with: $ sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake libcurl4-gnutls-dev libnetcdf-dev gdal-bin libgda…

Wow! Thanks again @Andreas considering the Assignments given, I am posed with several lines of codes to run on bash. Hence, I will continue with your method. Since you’re using this platform, I believe you’ll continue to assist me! Update: I have been able to update and upgrade successfully. A…

Please do a ls -l ~/gmt/share/coast to check that the gshhg files are present. And I forgot to put && at the end of the cd command. Try: cd ~/gmt/b \ && cmake ~/gmt/gmt \ -DCOPY_GSHHG=TRUE \ -DCOPY_DCW=TRUE \ -DGSHHG_ROOT=~/gmt/share/coast \ -DDCW_ROOT=~/gmt/share/dcw \ -DGMT_OPENMP=ON \ && cmak…

It returned gshhg.tar.gz instead! [install_3] would I need to re-download or unzip the file @Andreas Also, it is showing gsshg instead of gshhg.

How do I install GMT (6.1.1) on my Windows, using cygwin

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How do I install GMT (6.1.1) on my Windows, using cygwin

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