Installation¶
Version 1.7.10 for version 1.7 of the CF conventions.
Python versions¶
cfdm works for Python 2.7 and Python 3.
pip¶
To install cfdm and all of its dependencies run, for example:
pip install cfdm
pip install cfdm --user
To install cfdm without any of its dependencies then run, for example:
pip install cfdm --no-deps
See the documentation for pip install for further options.
Source¶
To install from source:
Download the cfdm package from https://pypi.org/project/cfdm
Unpack the library (replacing
<version>
with the version that you want to install, e.g.1.7.0
):tar zxvf cfdm-<version>.tar.gz cd cfdm-<version>
Install the package:
To install the cfdm package to a central location:
python setup.py installTo install the cfdm package locally to the user in the default location:
python setup.py install --userTo install the cfdm package in the <directory> of your choice:
python setup.py install --home=<directory>
cfdump utility¶
During installation the cfdump command line utility is also installed, which generates text descriptions of the field constructs contained in a netCDF dataset.