[issm-support] ISSM code update

[Seroussi, Helene (1210-Affiliate)]

Dear ISSM users,

We just finished a rather big update of ISSM, so you can now update your local version if you want to be up to date.
These changes involve the installation process mainly (we tried to simplify it, based on your feedbacks). 

To recompile your local version:
1) Go to trunk and update:
$ cd $ISSM_TIER
$ svn update

2) Reconfigure: 
$ ./scripts/automakererun.sh

3) Copy the appropriate configuration file in the trunk, or keep the one that you are already using
$ cp configs/config-macosx64-mathieu.sh configure.sh

4) Execute this configuration file: 
$ ./configure.sh

5) Compile ISSM: 
$ make
$ make install

Installation of external packages has also been simplified, all the installation files are now in the external package directory. 
For example to install mpich2, you should now do:
$ cd $ISSM_TIER/externalpackages/mpich2 
$ ./install-1.4-macosx64.sh
(No need to recompile the external packages)

The installation page of the website has been updated accordingly (http://issm.jpl.nasa.gov/installation/installation/)

Other changes include only minor fixes and developments so it should not affect your runs.

Do not hesitate to contact us if you experience any difficulty.
The ISSM team

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Helene Seroussi
NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Tel:  +1 (818) 354-4036
email: Helene.Seroussi at jpl.nasa.gov