Source Distributions

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Funding for continued support and development of VAPOR is contingent on NCAR and the National Science Foundation receiving adequate accredation for VAPOR's use. Please cite VAPOR when appropriate in all of your posters, publications, and presentations.  Thanks!

VAPOR is distributed under a BSD license agreement.

Note: We strongly recommend installation from binaries, rather than source, whenever possible.

Source Installation Guide

VersionRelease DateDownload
2.6.0(latest stable) 26 April 2017 download
2.6.0.RC0 (release candidate 0) 17 November 2016 download
2.5.0 9 February 2016 download
2.5.0.RC0 (release candidate 0) 23 November 2015 download
2.4.2 28 May 2015 download
2.4.0 4 March 2015 download
2.4.0.RC0 (release candidate 0) 15 December 2014 download
2.3.0 7 February 2014 download
2.3.0 (release candidate 0) 13 December 2013 download
2.2.4.RC0 23 August 2013 download
2.2.2 29 May 2013 download
2.2.0 5 February 2013 download
2.2.0.RC1 30 November 2012 download
2.2.0.RC0 25 October 2012 download
2.1.0 13 January 2012 download
2.0.2 4 March 2011 download
2.0.0 6 Dec 2010 download
1.5.2 8 Nov 2009 download

 

Third party library dependencies

VAPOR versions 2.6.0-RH7 were built with:
Library version Build configuration notes
assimp 3.3.1  
freetype 2.7.1  
 ftgl 2.1.3-rc5  
 glew  2.0.0  
 grib_api  1.19.0  with unrealsed memory leak patches
 hdf5  1.10.0  
 jpeg  9b  
 libgeotiff  1.4.2  --with-libtiff
 udunits  2.2.20  
netCDF  4.4.1.1  --enable-shared --disable-dap
 tiff  4.0.7  --enable-lzw --enable-jpeg --enable-old-jpeg
proj 4.9.2  
python 2.7.13 --enable-shared
Qt 4.8.7 -no-webkit -no-multimedia -no-script -no-qt3support -opensource (-cocoa on Mac)
     
     
     

 

VAPOR versions 2.6.0.RC0, 2.6.0-RH6 were built with:
Library version Build configuration notes
assimp 3.1.1  
freetype 2.5.3  
 ftgl 2.1.3-rc5  
 glew  1.10.0  
 grib_api  1.12.3  with unrealsed memory leak patches
 hdf5  1.8.13  
 jpeg  9a  
 libgeotiff  1.4.0  --with-libtiff
matplotlib 1.5.3  
netCDF  4.3.2  --enable-shared --disable-dap
numpy 1.11.2  
proj 4.8.0  
python 2.7.11 --enable-shared
Qt 4.8.6 -no-webkit -no-multimedia -no-script -no-qt3support -opensource (-cocoa on Mac)
scipy 0.18.1  
tiff 4.0.3 --enable-lzw --enable-jpeg --enable-old-jpeg
udunits 2.2.16  

 

VAPOR versions 2.5.0, 2.5.0.RC0, 2.4.0.RC0, 2.4.0 were built with:
Library version Build configuration notes
assimp 3.1.1  
freetype 2.5.3  
 ftgl 2.1.3-rc5  
 glew  1.10.0  
 grib_api  1.12.3  with unrealsed memory leak patches
 hdf5  1.8.13  
 jpeg  9a  
 libgeotiff  1.4.0  --with-libtiff
 netCDF  4.3.2  --enable-shared --disable-dap
numpy 1.8.1  
proj 4.8.0  
python 2.7.8 --enable-shared
Qt 4.8.6 -no-webkit -no-multimedia -no-script -no-qt3support -opensource (-cocoa on Mac)
scipy 0.14.0  
tiff 4.0.3 --enable-lzw --enable-jpeg --enable-old-jpeg
udunits 2.2.16  

 

VAPOR versions 2.2.x, 2.3.x were built with:
Library Version Build Configuration Notes
Python 2.7.3 --enable-shared
Qt 4.8.3 -no-webkit -no-multimedia -no-script -no-qt3support
Assimp  2.0.863  -DENABLE_BOOST_WORKAROUND=ON
Glew 1.9.0  
HDF5 1.8.9 -enable-shared
Jpeg 8c  
libgeotiff 1.4.0  
netCDF 4.2.1.1 --enable-shared --disable-dap
numpy 1.6.2  
proj 4.8.0  
scipy 0.10.1  
tiff 4.0.0 --enable-lzw --enable-jpeg --enable-old-jpeg
udunits2 2.1.24  

 

VAPOR version 2.2.0 was built with:
Library Version Build Configuration Notes
Python 2.7.3 --enable-shared
Qt 4.8.3 -no-webkit -no-multimedia -no-script -no-qt3support
Assimp  2.0.863  -DENABLE_BOOST_WORKAROUND=ON
Glew 1.9.0  
HDF5 1.8.9 -enable-shared
Jpeg 8c  
libgeotiff 1.4.0  
netCDF 4.2.1.1 --enable-shared --disable-dap
numpy 1.6.2  
proj 4.8.0  
scipy 0.10.1  
tiff 4.0.0 --enable-lzw --enable-jpeg --enable-old-jpeg