How to install Delft-FEWS on LINUX

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1. Download the *.tgz and *.pdf files

Description	File name (click on the link to download)
Delft-FEWS binaries	bin_linux.tgz
Delft-FEWS demo application	Delft-FEWS_Downloadable_package_FEWS_Application_linux.tgz
Delft-FEWS introduction	Delft-FEWS Downloadable package - Introduction to Delft-Delft-FEWS.pdf
Delft-FEWS Course (part 1)	Delft-FEWS Downloadable package - Course part 1.pdf
Delft-FEWS Course (part 2)	Delft-FEWS Downloadable package - Course part 2.pdf
Delft-FEWS Course Exercises	Delft-FEWS Downloadable package - Course Exercises.pdf
Delft-FEWS Course Exercise Answers	Delft-FEWS_Downloadable_package_Course_Exercise_Answers.tgz
Delft-FEWS Course Data	Delft-FEWS_Downloadable_package_Course_Test_Data.tgz

 

2. Download the latest Java Runtime Environment
Follow the link https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html to download the latest java 1.6 jre (e.g. the jre-6u33-linux-i586.bin)

3. Create a 'fews-course' directory somewhere on your system
And move/copy the following downloaded files here:

• Delft-FEWS Downloadable package - Introduction to Delft-Delft-FEWS.pdf
• Delft-FEWS Downloadable package - Course part 1.pdf
• Delft-FEWS Downloadable package - Course part 2.pdf
• Delft-FEWS Downloadable package - Course Exercises.pdf

4. Create a subdirectory 'Exercise_Answers' underneath and extract the following file here:

	tar xzvf Delft-FEWS_Downloadable_package_Course_Exercise_Answers.tgz

5. Navigate back to the 'fews-course' directory and create a subdirectory 'test_data' and extract the following file here:
 

	tar xzvf Delft-FEWS_Downloadable_package_Course_Test_Data.tgz

6. Create a 'fews' directory next to the 'fews-course' directory on your system and move/copy the following downloaded files here.

• bin_linux.tgz
• Delft-FEWS_Downloadable_package_FEWS_Application_linux.tgz
• jre-6u33-linux-i586.bin

7. Navigate into this directory

8. Unpack and install the java runtime environment

	./jre-6u33-linux-i586.bin
mv jre1.6.0_33/ jre

9. Unpack the Delft-FEWS binaries and set executable flag for the *.sh file

	tar xzvf bin_linux.tgz

	cd bin

	chmod +x ./fews.sh

	cd ..

10. Unpack the Delft-FEWS application

	tar xzvf Delft-FEWS_Downloadable_package_FEWS_Application_linux.tgz

The directory/file structure should look like this:

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11. Start the application

	cd bin
./fews.sh ../FEWS_SA