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map3d is written in standard C/C++ and uses the OpenGL and GTK+ libraries, both choices made to ensure broad portability of the program. With this 6.1 release, we have finally added support for Mac OSX, so that the list of platforms is getting pretty complete.
| Requirements for all systems. | |
| OpenGL libraries (GL and GLU) | version 1.1 + 1 |
| OpenGL/window interface library (GLX) | |
| GTK+ libraries and dependencies | version 2.0+ |
| Requirements | |
| Operating System | Irix 6.5+ |
| Architecture | mips3 or mips4 (maybe mips2) |
| Applications Binary Interface | n32 or 64 |
| Recommendations | |
| Hardware | Texture mapping hardware |
| 128 MB main memory | |
| Requirements | |
| Operating System | kernel 2.2.x |
| Architecture | i386 (+ maybe PPC) |
| Applications Binary Interface | libc2.1 |
| Recommendations | |
| Window system | XFree86 version 4.0 + |
| Hardware | 3D graphics card (nVidia, 3dfx, ati) |
| 128 MB main memory | |
| Requirements | |
| Operating System | W2K/NT4.0/9x |
| Architecture | i386 |
| Applications Binary Interface | win32 |
| Recommendations | |
| Hardware | 3D graphics card (nVidia, 3dfx, ati) |
| 128 MB main memory | |
| Requirements | |
| Operating System | Mac OS 10.3(Panther) |
| Architecture | PPC |
| Recommendations | |
| Hardware | 3D graphics card (nVidia, 3dfx, ati) |
| 128 MB main memory | |
Unfortunately, with our move to GTK+ for window support, it is not as easy as past versions, which required just the download of an executable. We hope (in vain, perhaps) to be able to do that again in the future, but for now we will attempt to make installation as easy as we can. Simplified instructions will be in a README file which comes with each package, and are also listed below:
To download the software, use this URL www.sci.utah.edu/software/map3d.html, and click on the ``Download'' button. You'll need to sign into the SCI archive. For each of the installation instructions below, you can grab those file from this page.
To test the installation, use the test files that accompany this distribution. Each has some script files included that show how to call and execute map3d.
The SGI installation is relatively straightforward. You'll need to download map3d's dependencies, then download map3d itself.
fw_gtk2+ (make
sure you don't select fw_gtk+). Submit the query. You should see a
list similar to this:
fw_atk [relnotes] [prereqs] [install] fw_expat [relnotes] [prereqs] [install] fw_freetype2 [relnotes] [prereqs] [install] fw_gettext [relnotes] [prereqs] [install] fw_glib2 [relnotes] [prereqs] [install] fw_libjpeg [relnotes] [prereqs] [install] fw_libpng [relnotes] [prereqs] [install] fw_libz [relnotes] [prereqs] [install] fw_pango [relnotes] [prereqs] [install] fw_tiff [relnotes] [prereqs] [install]To install them, click on the install link one by one (and follow the instructions in the dialog boxes).
IMPORTANT - when you install libz - it will mention something about a security library being removed. When you install libz, allow it to do this. On the subsequent libraries, it will mention that the security package conflicts with libz, on these packages, have it continue without installing the security package.
Install them in the order:
gettext
expat
freetype2
atk
glib2
pango
libjpeg
libtiff
libz
libpng
After you've done all of these, click on the alphabetical link, and click on
the install buton that corresponds to libgtk2+-2.0.6.
If for some reason, the prereq calculator isn't there or isn't working, go to the alphabetical index and install the above in the order specified.
The next part is to download gtkglext, the library that supports OpenGL for
GTK widgets. If your GTK version is 2.0.6 (you can find out by looking at
gtkversion.h which will be where you installed gtk (normally
/usr/freeware/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtkversion.h), and look for
GTK_MAJOR_VERSION, GTK_MINOR_VERSION, and
GTK_MICRO_VERSION. There will be numbers on the same lines as each
of these, and if you put them together it will be something like 2.0.6).
If you are using this version download gtkglext-sgi.tar.gz from
the map3d download page
http://www.sci.utah.edu/software/map3d.html
and follow these
instructions:
cd <download directory>
gunzip gtkglext-sgi.tar.gz
tar xf gtkglext-sgi.tar
cp libgtkglext-x11-1.0.so.0 /usr/local/lib
cp libgdkglext-x11-1.0.so.0 /usr/local/lib
You can copy them to some directory other than /usr/local/lib if you wish.
If this doesn't work, you will need to download the gtkglext source and compile it yourself (don't worry--if your gtk is properly set up, this will be very easy). Download the sources from Source Forge http://sourceforge.net/projects/gtkglext and follow these instructions:
cd <download directory>
gunzip gtkglext-1.0.6.tar.gz
tar xf gtkglext-1.0.6.tar
cd gtkglext-1.0.6
configure
make
make install
If you don't want these to end up in /usr/local/lib, you need to
configure --prefix=<dir>
where dir is where you want to put the libraries (The libraries will be in dir/lib).
Download the map3d-6.1-irix.tar.gz file from the map3d download page and unzip it to a directory of your choice. We will call that RUN-DIR. This is the directory from which you will run map3d.
To run map3d, you will need to make sure that all the libraries are in your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. For this we will assume that your gtk libraries are in /usr/freeware/lib32 and your gtkglext libraries are in /usr/local/lib. Do the following:
tcsh users:
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/freeware/lib32:/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
or
bash users:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/freeware/lib32:/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
you might want to put this line in your .cshrc or
.profile file to avoid having to run this multiple times.
The Linux installation is relatively straightforward. You'll need to download map3d's dependencies, then download map3d itself.
There are two phases to this part. First we need to get GTK+ and its dependencies. The easiest way to do this is from your distribution's installation CDs, or you can download the RPMs at www.rpmfind.net.
To get the dependencies from your distribution, run the Package Manager (Add/Remove Applications, configure-packages or something of that sort). Search for gtk, and install gtk2 (if you can't find that directly, then installing the gnome environment will take care of it).
To get the dependencies from the internet, navigate your favorite browser to www.rpmfind.net, and search for gtk-2.0. Try to find one that matches your distribution (redhat, mandrake, etc.). We directly support development for gtk2-2.2.1 and gtk2-2.0.6, so if you can find one of these that would be encouraged.
The next part is to download gtkglext, the library that supports OpenGL for
GTK widgets. As of this release, this is not standard in most
distributions. If your GTK version is 2.0.6 or 2.2.1 (you can find out by
looking at gtkversion.h which will be where you installed gtk
(normally /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtkversion.h), and look for
GTK_MAJOR_VERSION, GTK_MINOR_VERSION, and
GTK_MICRO_VERSION. There will be numbers on the same lines as each
of these, and if you put them together it will be something like 2.2.1).
If you are using one of these versions download
gtkglext-linux-2.2.1.tar.gz or gtkglext-linux-2.0.6 from
the map3d download page
and follow these
instructions:
cd <download directory>
gunzip gtkglext-linux-<version>.tar.gz
tar xf gtkglext-linux-<version>.tar
cp libgtkglext-x11-1.0.so.0 /usr/local/lib
cp libgdkglext-x11-1.0.so.0 /usr/local/lib
You can copy them to some directory other than /usr/local/lib if you wish.
If this doesn't work, you will need to download the gtkglext source and compile it yourself (don't worry--if your gtk is properly set up, this will be very easy). Download the sources from Source Forge http://sourceforge.net/projects/gtkglext and follow these instructions:
cd <download directory>
gunzip gtkglext-1.0.6.tar.gz
tar xf gtkglext-1.0.6.tar
cd gtkglext-1.0.6
configure
make
make install
If you don't want these to end up in /usr/local/lib, you need to
configure --prefix=<dir>
where dir is where to put the libraries.
Download the map3d-6.1-linux.tar.gz file from the map3d() download page and unzip it to a directory of your choice. We will call that RUN-DIR. This is the directory from which you will run map3d.
To run map3d, you will need to make sure that all the libraries are in
your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. For this we will assume
that your gtk libraries are in /usr/lib and your gtkglext
libraries are in /usr/local/lib. Do the following:
tcsh users:
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATHor
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
you might want to put this line in your .cshrc or .profile file to avoid having to run this multiple times.
The Windows installation is relatively straightforward. You'll need to download map3d's dependencies, then download map3d itself.
Download the map3d-win-environment.zip file from the map3d
download page
and unzip it into a location
of your choice - we will call that INSTALL-DIR. It will create a
directory called INSTALL-DIR\map3d.
Add INSTALL-DIR\map3d\lib to your path. To do this, open the
Control Panel, select System, and click on the `Advanced' tab on the top of
the screen. Click on the Environment Variables button. You should see a
variable called Path or PATH in the System Variables section. Click on it,
and select Edit. Go to the end of the line, add a semi-colon (;) and type
INSTALL-DIR\map3d\lib.
There is an executable of map3d in the environment directory. We have also placed an executable here to facilitate future downloads, so you only have to download the environment once. If you wish, download the map3d-6.1-windows.zip file from the map3d download page and unzip it to a directory of your choice. We will call that RUN-DIR. This is the directory from which you will run map3d.
The Mac OS X installation is relatively straightforward. You'll need to download map3d's dependencies, then download map3d itself.
Map3d requires the gtk+2 and gtkglext libraries. You can easily install these libraries using fink.
If you do not currently have fink installed on your system you will need to go to http://fink.sourceforge.net and follow the instructions on how to install it and the gtk+2 and gtkglext libraries.
Download the map3d-6.1-mac.tar.gz file from the map3d download page and unzip it to a directory of your choice. We will call that RUN-DIR. This is the directory from which you will run map3d.
This document should have reached you either as a pdf file or via the map3d
web site. If you would like more copies or the latest version, go to the
same web site and look for the links under Documentation:
www.sci.utah.edu/software/map3d.html
We want to hear your response to using map3d and especially to learn about any bugs you may find. They may be features, rather than bugs, but if so, we will be happy to hear your impressions.
To submit a bug report please send email to map3d@sci.utah.edu or point your browser at software.sci.utah.edu/bugzilla (you will need to register your e-mail address) with the following information:
We have established an email address for map3d,
map3d@sci.utah.edu, and
web pages within the website www.sci.utah.edu/ncrr
dedicated to map3d. There is also a
majordomo mailing list for map3d users called
map3d-users@sci.utah.edu. To subscribe to this list, send email to
majordomo@sci.utah.edu with the following in the message body
subscribe map3d-users
Please let us know how you use map3d and how we can make it better for your purposes. We can only develop this program with continued support and the best way to achieve this is to show that others use the program and find it helpful.
Rob Macleod 2004-10-05