Height field generator and editor for the Linux operating system.

It's a working copy from Patrice St-Gelais's application patrstg@users.sourceforge.net

A height field is a kind of topographic map. It is a 2D projection of a 3D landscape.

Geomorph generates square images and shows a 3D preview of the resulting landscape.

These 2D images can be processed with a tool like Povray for rendering the landscape.

For more details, see:

1. ./index.html in the directory where the documentation archive is unpacked.
2. /usr/local/share/geomorph/doc/index.html if the documentation is installed.
3. http://geomorph.sourceforge.net

1. Open a console and untar the archive:
   tar zxf geomorph-0.60.tgz
2. Change to the Geomorph directory:
   cd geomorph-0.60
3. Build the software:
   ./bootstrap.sh
./configure
make
4. Logon as "root":
   su
5. Install the executable:
   make install
6. Leave the root account:
   exit
7. Install you as a user:
   ./install-user

This script creates a /home/.../geomorph directory, a configuration file in this directory and installs shortcuts on the Gnome and KDE desktops.

If you upgrade from 0.2x to 0.3x or 0.4x, you should also update the geomorphrc file: ./update-rc

If you are experimented and want to choose yourself were to create the required structures, you can check the script, create the required directory and files manually, then create a compliant Geomorph configuration file.

make uninstall as root would uninstall Geomorph. However, the users won't be uninstalled.

1. Open a console and untar the archive:
   tar zxf geomorph-0.60-bin.tgz
2. Change to the Geomorph directory:
   cd geomorph-0.60
3. Log on as "root":
   su
4. Install the program:
   ./install-bin
5. Leave the root account:
   exit
6. Install you as a user:
   ./install-user See the comments for step 7 of the source install process.

./uninstall as root in the same directory would uninstall Geomorph, but without removing any of the users' directories and configuration files.

The documentation of version 0.30 and later is available separately, in an achive whose name is geomorph-doc-AAAA-MM.tgz.

1. Open a console and untar the archive:
   tar zxf geomorph-doc-AAAA-MM.tgz
2. Change to the Geomorph documentation directory:
   cd geomorph-doc
3. Log on as "root":
   su
4. Execute the install script:
   ./install-doc
5. Leave the root account:
   exit

The install script copies the files in /usr/local/share/geomorph/doc and tries to modify the "doc_dir" variable in the configuration file "geomorphrc" (if the script can find this file!).

If an older version of the documentation exists in /usr/local/share/geomorph/doc, it is overwritten. The script won't overwrite the installed documentation with an older one. This directory contains a file named "VERSION" with the date of the version, and the script creates here a "stamp" file with the installation date.