ORPG install trace

Following v1_setup_code_b24_0r1_20.md (Volume 1, Document 1), Public Edition, adapted for the container described in Container setup. Steps are logged here as they're actually run — this page reflects real command output, not the plan.

Source files

Both present on the host (same content in two locations, use either):

.../Podman/data/input/CODERPG Build 24.020260715033855/
.../CODE/24/CODERPG Build 24.020260715033855/

Key files: rpg_b24_0r1_20_pub_src.tgz (extracts flat into $HOME: conf/, src/, make_rpg, install_rpg, ...), code_config_b24_0r1_20.tgz (extracts to $HOME/code_config_b24_0r1_20/{env,orpg}).

Dependency gap vs. the doc

The doc's own package list (giflib-devel, ncompress, plus tcl-devel/tk-devel/gsl/gsl-devel for the NWS-only MIGFA algorithm) assumes a full RHEL8 "Workstation" install where a C/C++/Fortran toolchain and GUI dev libraries are already present. The Kasm desktop container has neither. Confirmed by grepping the actual makefiles under conf/ for pkg-config/-l flags (not guessed):

$ grep -rhoE "pkg-config --[a-z]+ [a-zA-Z0-9._+-]+" conf/ | sort -u
pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0
pkg-config --cflags gtk+-3.0
pkg-config --cflags libgtop-2.0
pkg-config --cflags libnsl
pkg-config --cflags libtirpc

inst_env_config and inst_orpg_config are #!/usr/bin/ksh — ksh is a hard requirement, not optional (the doc never mentions it because a full Workstation install includes it).

Full package list installed (all confirmed available in the container's repos: baseos/appstream/powertools/epel):

gcc gcc-c++ gcc-gfortran ksh tcsh giflib-devel ncompress \
  libtirpc-devel libnsl2-devel gtk2-devel gtk3-devel libgtop2-devel

(pkg-config itself was already present in the base image.)

Step log

1. Install compile dependencies (root)

podman exec --user root rocky8-radar-dev bash -c \
  'dnf install -y gcc gcc-c++ gcc-gfortran ksh tcsh giflib-devel ncompress libtirpc-devel libnsl2-devel gtk2-devel gtk3-devel libgtop2-devel'

Status: done. All 12 confirmed via rpm -q.

2. Extract source archives

podman exec rocky8-radar-dev bash -c '
cd $HOME
tar xzf "input/CODERPG Build 24.020260715033855/rpg_b24_0r1_20_pub_src.tgz"
tar xzf "input/CODERPG Build 24.020260715033855/code_config_b24_0r1_20.tgz"
'

Status: done. Created $HOME/{conf,src,make_rpg,install_rpg,...} and $HOME/code_config_b24_0r1_20/{env,orpg}.

3. `inst_env_config`

podman exec rocky8-radar-dev bash -c 'cd $HOME/code_config_b24_0r1_20/env && echo y | ./inst_env_config'

Status: done. Replaced 9 config files (make_rpg, test_make_cpc100, .cshrc, build_env_cshrc, orpg_env_cshrc, .bashrc, .bash_profile, build_env_profile, orpg_env_profile) and 9 makefiles under src/.

Key env vars from orpg_env_profile/build_env_profile (both sourced by .bash_profile, which is why every build/run command below uses bash -lc):

ORPGDIR=$HOME/data, CFG_DIR=$HOME/cfg, RMTPORT=50000 (single instance, no change needed)
ARCH=lnux_x86, level=$HOME, MAKETOP=$HOME, LOCALTOP=$HOME
PATH gets $HOME/bin, $HOME/bin/lnux_x86, $HOME/tools/bin, etc. prepended

4. Quick test compile (`test_make_cpc100`)

podman exec rocky8-radar-dev bash -lc 'cd $HOME && ./test_make_cpc100 $HOME > test_compile.log 2>&1; echo EXIT=$?'

Status: done. EXIT=0, 978-line log, zero Error matches, ends with libinfr.a built and installed cleanly.

5. Full build (`make_rpg`)

podman exec rocky8-radar-dev bash -lc 'cd $HOME && ./make_rpg $HOME > make_rpg.log 2>&1; echo EXIT=$?'

Status: done, after 3 passes. make_rpg's own exit code was 0 even on the first pass with build errors inside — it doesn't propagate sub-make failures, so grep the log for Error/fatal error, don't trust the exit code.

First pass: 356 *** [...] Error lines, all root-caused to missing dev headers for optional GUI/utility tools (the core algorithm/task tree — mrpg, rpg_ps, play_a2, the cpc1xx tasks — built and installed clean on the first pass):

Missing header	Tool affected	Package
`Xm/Xm.h`	`hci` (operator GUI), `cvg`/`edit_cvgplt`/`map_cvg` (CODEView Graphics)	`motif-devel`
`curses.h`	`diom_config`	`ncurses-devel`
`libxml/parser.h`	`gdc_read_data`	`libxml2-devel`
`curl/curl.h`	`read_is`	`libcurl-devel`
`security/pam_appl.h`	`restore_adapt`	`pam-devel`
`glib.h` (via `pkg-config glib-2.0 libxml-2.0`)	`validate_a2`	fixed by installing `libxml2-devel` — `glib2-devel` was already present (pulled in by `gtk2/3-devel`), but `validate_a2`'s makefile calls `pkg-config --cflags glib-2.0 libxml-2.0` in one shot; with `libxml-2.0.pc` missing, `pkg-config` failed the whole call and silently dropped the glib cflags too

podman exec --user root rocky8-radar-dev bash -c \
  'dnf install -y motif-devel ncurses-devel libxml2-devel libcurl-devel pam-devel'

Second pass (incremental — make only rebuilds what previously failed, not a full 15-min rebuild): down to 12 error lines, two new root causes:

Missing header	Tool affected	Package
`gd.h`	`gif_output` (CVG)	`gd-devel`
`crack.h`	`rpg_admin_user_gui*` (password strength check)	`cracklib-devel`

podman exec --user root rocky8-radar-dev bash -c 'dnf install -y gd-devel cracklib-devel'

Third pass: 0 errors, 0 fatal errors. Confirmed binaries present: $HOME/bin/lnux_x86/{mrpg,rpg_ps,hci}, $HOME/tools/bin/lnux_x86/{cvg,play_a2}.

Full additional package list beyond the dependency gap list, discovered only by actually compiling: motif-devel ncurses-devel libxml2-devel libcurl-devel pam-devel gd-devel cracklib-devel

One harmless line at the very end of every pass: SUBDIRECTORY orda DOES NOT EXIST! — the orda (RDA-related) source subdirectory isn't part of this distribution; not an error, nothing under src/ references it as required.

6. `inst_orpg_config` (Public edition)

podman exec rocky8-radar-dev bash -c 'cd $HOME/code_config_b24_0r1_20/orpg && printf "y\nP\n" | ./inst_orpg_config'

Status: done. Installed cfg/comms_link.conf, .rssd.conf, tools/bin/rm_orpg_data, cfg/version_rpg, cfg/task_tables.{public,nws}_code (Public chosen → copied to cfg/task_tables), site adaptation set to KMLB (Melbourne, FL — the sample site), default NWS blockage file, and 3 sample Archive II files for KMLB into $HOME/ar2data.

7. Fix `.rssd.conf` `Client:`

Podman auto-adds a hosts alias for the container name — /etc/hosts already had 10.0.2.100 f727d7728315 rocky8-radar-dev before any manual edit. So instead of hardcoding the (potentially-changing) IP, pointed Client: at the stable container-name alias:

podman exec rocky8-radar-dev bash -c "sed -i 's/^Client: rpg/Client: rocky8-radar-dev/' \$HOME/.rssd.conf"

Status: done.

8. Start and verify (`mrpg`, `rpg_ps`)

podman exec rocky8-radar-dev bash -lc 'cd $HOME && mrpg -p -v startup'

Status: done.

RPG State: OPERATE
RPG Operability Status: ONLINE
RPG System Startup Completed

rpg_ps confirms 109 processes running (algorithm tasks, product generators, hci_agent, control_rda, etc.).

Result

The ORPG (Public Edition, CODE B24.0r1.20) is compiled and running end to end inside rocky8-radar-dev. Not yet done (optional, not required for "running"): ingest test data (play_a2 -d $HOME/ar2data), clean shutdown (mrpg shutdown && mrpg cleanup). See Production image plan for turning this manual trace into a real Containerfile.

GUI (`hci`, `cvg`) — missing X11 core fonts

Launching hci from the VNC desktop failed with:

Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-courier-bold-r-*-*-*-100-100-100-*-*-iso8859-1" to type FontStruct
X Error of failed request:  BadName (named color or font does not exist)

Motif apps (hci, cvg) need the classic X11 core bitmap fonts, which a minimal Rocky8/Kasm image doesn't ship at all (rpm -qa | grep xorg-x11-fonts was empty). Fix:

podman exec --user root rocky8-radar-dev bash -c \
  'dnf install -y xorg-x11-fonts-100dpi xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-100dpi xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-75dpi xorg-x11-fonts-misc xorg-x11-fonts-Type1'
DISPLAY=:1 xset fp rehash

No X server restart needed — the running KasmVNC Xvnc picks up the new /etc/X11/fontpath.d catalogue entries after xset fp rehash. Verified with a screenshot (xwd -root | convert - png:-, needs xorg-x11-apps + ImageMagick, also not present by default): hci's RPG Control/Status panel renders cleanly, KMLB site, Wideband Line has FAILED / RDA <-> RPG COMMUNICATIONS LINK BROKEN alarms shown — expected, matches the doc's note that a Wideband Link Failure warning is normal without a real RDA connection.

Add to the production-image dependency list if GUI tools are needed there: xorg-x11-fonts-100dpi xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-100dpi xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-75dpi xorg-x11-fonts-misc xorg-x11-fonts-Type1.

7. Fix `.rssd.conf` `Client:`

The doc's default .rssd.conf ships with Client: rpg, relying on a rpg hostname alias in /etc/hosts that doesn't exist in this container. Needs to be set to the container's actual hostname/IP. Pending — value not yet determined.

8. Start and verify (`mrpg`, `rpg_ps`)

Pending.

ORPG install trace

Source files

Dependency gap vs. the doc

Step log

1. Install compile dependencies (root)

2. Extract source archives

3. inst_env_config

4. Quick test compile (test_make_cpc100)

5. Full build (make_rpg)

6. inst_orpg_config (Public edition)

7. Fix .rssd.conf Client:

8. Start and verify (mrpg, rpg_ps)

Result

GUI (hci, cvg) — missing X11 core fonts

7. Fix .rssd.conf Client:

8. Start and verify (mrpg, rpg_ps)

3. `inst_env_config`

4. Quick test compile (`test_make_cpc100`)

5. Full build (`make_rpg`)

6. `inst_orpg_config` (Public edition)

7. Fix `.rssd.conf` `Client:`

8. Start and verify (`mrpg`, `rpg_ps`)

GUI (`hci`, `cvg`) — missing X11 core fonts

7. Fix `.rssd.conf` `Client:`

8. Start and verify (`mrpg`, `rpg_ps`)