Installing Diana from Launchpad

Diana is available as a set of packages from Launchpad. For users of Ubuntu, installing these packages is the easiest way to install Diana.

Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise)

Note: You need to be able to run the sudo command to be able to install Diana.

Obtain the apt-add-repository tool from the python-software-properties package:

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties

Add the Diana repository to those that the system can use by running the apt-add-repository tool in the following way:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:diana-deployment/precise

This command will ask you to continue or cancel. Press ENTER to continue.

Add the Fimex repository to the system in the same way:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:heiko-klein/fimex

It should then be possible to update the system sources:

sudo apt-get update

Now you can install Diana and some additional packages that Diana uses:

sudo apt-get install diana-3.39 dianamaps metno-bufrtables

Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty)

Note: You need to be able to run the sudo command to be able to install Diana.

Obtain the apt-add-repository tool from the software-properties-common package:

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common

Add the Diana repository to those that the system can use by running the apt-add-repository tool in the following way:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:diana-deployment/trusty

This command will ask you to continue or cancel. Press ENTER to continue.

Add the Fimex repository to the system in the same way:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:heiko-klein/fimex

It should then be possible to update the system sources:

sudo apt-get update

Now you can install Diana and some additional packages that Diana uses:

sudo apt-get install diana-3.39 dianamaps metno-bufrtables