Installation

Linux

Conda package

Our recommended way of installing Met.3D for usage is the binary distribution we provide as a conda package. This distribution corresponds to the latest tagged version in the Met.3D git repository.

Linux binary conda package

Building Met.3D from source

To build Met.3D from source, we also recommend using conda to set up a build environment including the required dependencies.

Compile Met.3D from source code: Linux (conda)

Windows

Met.3D does support windows natively and can be build from source there. We currently do not distribute pre-packed binaries.

Met.3D can also be installed with current versions of the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2), which does support our binary distributions.

MacOS

To the best of our knowledge, Apple only supports OpenGL up to version 4.1. Since Met.3D uses functionality of version 4.3, adapting the code to run on macOS would require much effort. We currently do not have the corresponding resources, but if you would like to contribute, help would be much appreciated.

Use with external GPUs

Many laptop computers do not feature a strong-enough graphics card for Met.3D use. For our Linux setup with Ubuntu, we successfully managed to run Met.3D using an external GPU attached via Thunderbolt to the laptop.

Using an External GPU to Run Met.3D

Use with remote visualization on HPC systems

Some HPC systems feature remote visualization setups. Here we describe how Met.3D can be used “Levante” HPC system run by the German Climate Computing Centre (DKRZ).

Using Met.3D on the Levante HPC System