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1Geo::BUFR
2=========
3
4Library for handling of WMO (World Meteorological Organization) BUFR
5files.
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7
8INSTALLATION
9
10To install this module type the following:
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12 perl Makefile.PL
13 make
14 make test
15 make install
16
17This will install the module in the standard locations. You will most
18probably require root privileges to install in standard system
19directories. To install in a non-standard directory like /home/cpan,
20specify the directory during the 'perl Makefile.PL' stage:
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22 perl Makefile.PL INSTALL_BASE=/home/cpan
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24After installing, in order for Perl to find the module when executing
25programs, you are adviced to modify the environment variable $PERL5LIB,
26e.g.
27
28 export PERL5LIB=/home/cpan/lib/perl/5.8.4:$PERL5LIB
29
30(or the corresponding command for your operating system and Perl version).
31
32You will need a C compiler which supports variable length arrays. This
33is standard on Unix-like systems. On Windows I recommend using
34Strawberry Perl, in which case you should type 'gmake' instead of
35'make' when installing.
36
37DEPENDENCIES
38
39This module requires these other modules, all of which are expected to
40be part of a standard Perl distribution:
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42Carp, Config, Cwd, DynaLoader, FileHandle, File::Spec::Functions,
43Getopt::Long, Pod::Usage, Scalar::Util, Storable, Test::More,
44Time::Local
45
46DESCRIPTION
47
48BUFR = Binary Universal Form for the Representation of meteorological
49data. BUFR is becoming the standard exchange format for meteorological
50observations. This module provides methods for decoding and encoding
51BUFR messages, and for displaying information in BUFR B and D tables
52and in BUFR flag and code tables. The core routines for encoding and
53decoding bitstreams are implemented in C.
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55This module also installs some example programs: bufrread.pl,
56bufrresolve.pl, bufrextract.pl, bufrencode.pl, bufr_reencode.pl and
57bufralter.pl. See https://wiki.met.no/bufr.pm/start for examples of
58use.
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61COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
62
63This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
64under the same terms as Perl itself.
65
66Copyright (C) 2010-2019 MET Norway
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