odclib 1.6.2.dev20250827

"odclib"

odc

C, C++ and Fortran libraries providing encoders and decoders and interrogation of meteorological data encoded in ODB-2 format as well as command line tools for investigation and manipulation of ODB-2 data.

Documentation

Dependencies

Required

• C or C++ compiler
• CMake
• ecbuild
• eckit

Optional

• Fortran compiler
• Doxygen

Installation

git clone https://github.com/ecmwf/odc
cd odc

# Setup environment variables (edit as needed)
SRC_DIR=$(pwd)
BUILD_DIR=build
INSTALL_DIR=$HOME/local
export eckit_DIR=$INSTALL_DIR # set to eckit install prefix

# Create the the build directory
mkdir $BUILD_DIR
cd $BUILD_DIR

# Run ecbuild (CMake)
ecbuild --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR -- $SRC_DIR

# Build and install
make -j10
make test # optional
make install

# Check installation
$INSTALL_DIR/bin/odc --version

Usage

Include the odc headers like so:

// odc_test.c
#include "odc/api/odc.h"

int main() {
   odc_initialise_api();
   return 0;
}

Make sure to reference the linked library when compiling:

gcc -lodccore odc_test.c

Build Documentation

The documentation is generated using Sphinx.

First, make sure that Doxygen module is available, and then install Python dependencies in your environment:

cd docs
pip install -r requirements.txt

You can then build the documentation by using make:

cd docs
make html

The built HTML documentation will be available under the docs/_build/html/index.html path.

Licence

This software is licensed under the terms of the Apache Licence Version 2.0 which can be obtained at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.

In applying this licence, ECMWF does not waive the privileges and immunities granted to it by virtue of its status as an intergovernmental organisation nor does it submit to any jurisdiction.