Prerequisites for running CMEW at the Met Office

Multiple tools are required to run CMEW.

If you have a standard Linux account at the Met Office, these tools are typically already available, and the commands in the table below should work without additional setup.

Software prerequisites

Tool	Command-line tool	Available by default?	Installation check
Git	git	Yes	which git git --version
Rose	rose	Yes	which rose rose --version
Cylc	cylc	Yes	which cylc cylc --version
CDDS	cdds_convert	No, run source ~cdds/bin/setup_env_for_cdds 3.2.0	which cdds_convert cdds_convert --help
MOOSE	moo	Yes	which moo
ESMValTool	esmvaltool	No, run module load scitools/community/esmvaltool/2.12.0	which esmvaltool esmvaltool --version

Account and access requirements

In addition to the software listed above, user accounts must be correctly configured for the following services.

Tool / service	Access check	Request account
GitHub	https://github.com/login	https://github.com/signup
MOOSE	moo --help	ServiceNow

You must also be able to submit Slurm jobs under a valid Met Office account and project. A quick check is:

sinfo
squeue -u $USER