GrADS on Ubuntu Linux

[Ryo Furue]

| I have Grads 2.0a3 installed on a Ubuntu system right now.  I used
| the i686 pre-compiled version that is offered on the site but I had
| to make a few tweeks to get around the libtermcap issue.
|
| Heres what I had to do:
| install the following Deb packages:
| ldso_1.9.11-15_i386.deb
| glibc5_5.4.46-15_i386.deb
| termcap-compat_1.2.3_i386.deb

Another route may be to find RPM packages and convert them to Deb
packages.  Suppose you want version 2 of libtermcap.  Then search
Google for libtermcap .  You'll find RPM packages containing
libtermcap version 2, such as

   libtermcap-2.0.8-41.i386.rpm

Download one of them.  Then convert it to a .deb package, like so:

   $ su -
   # cd /var/tmp
   # alien /your/path/to/libtermcap-2.0.8-41.i386.rpm

This produces a .deb package like

   libtermcap_2.0.8-42_i386.deb

Finally, install it as

   # dpkg -i libtermcap_2.0.8-42_i386.deb

If you don't have the alien command, install it using apt-get,
aptitude, or an equivalent commend.

This method is helpful when a Deb package is not available.
For example, I don't think termcap-compat is available
for the current Debian distributions.  (I vaguely remember
I used to use it.)

Hope this helps,
Ryo