fpl / polsarpro

ESA PolSARpro v6.0.3 (Biomass Edition) Software - UPDATED Linux edition

Mirror of POLSARPRO V6.0.3 (BIOMASS EDITION) for Linux

This repository is a mirror of the PolSARPro software, eventually patched to build and run on a modern GNU/Linux system. This software can be built on Debian GNU/Linux 11+ and its derivatives, including Ubuntu 21.4+.

Please, refer to https://ietr-lab.univ-rennes1.fr/polsarpro-bio/ for the original distribution kit and its documentation, as well as the users forum at https://forum.step.esa.int/ for support.

In order to install and use this software kit on Debian and derivatives, it is mandatory to install a few more packages than those listed in the original documentation.

sudo apt install libtk-img iwidgets4 bwidget wget
sudo apt install gcc g++ build-essential libglew-dev
sudo apt install freeglut3-dev libfreeimage-dev

wget https://dl.google.com/dl/earth/client/current/google-earth-pro-stable_current_amd64.deb
sudo apt install ./google-earth-pro-stable_current_amd64.deb

wget https://download.esa.int/step/snap/9.0/installers/esa-snap_all_unix_9_0_0.sh
chmod a+x ./esa-snap_all_unix_9_0_0.sh
sudo ./esa-snap_all_unix_9_0_0.sh

sudo apt install gimp gnuplot imagemagick 
sudo apt install p7zip-full curl hdf5-tools

The Tcl scripts have been patched to use the system wide tools. Note that the Tk GUI have some glitches in use with some workarounds, I eventually could fix them if there was enough interest.

I even added a simple shell script polsarpro.sh to be run as the preferred way of using PolSARPro program.

-- Enjoy

polsarpro's Issues

Cannot Find BWidget Package

Hello，
when I ran the software after installation， an error was displayed:
"Cannot Find BWidget Package"
Could you help me?
Thank you very much.

Best regards

Polsarpro needs to be started from its installation directory

Typically users need to cd /opt/polsarsarpro and run wish from there, else the main script will fail.

$ wish /opt/polsarpro/PolSARpro_v6.0.3_Biomass_Edition.tcl
Error in startup script: can't read "Version": no such variable
    while executing
"append PSPEnv $Version"
    (procedure "InitPolSARproEnv" line 64)
    invoked from within
"InitPolSARproEnv"
    (procedure "init" line 623)
    invoked from within
"init $argc $argv"
    (file "/opt/polsarpro/PolSARpro_v6.0.3_Biomass_Edition.tcl" line 14723)

This Is due to the use of pwd and . to build a lot of its internal file paths. A standard approach would be setting an environment variable - such as $PSP_HOME - and using it within the Tk scripts. Unfortunately this is the pattern used within 298 different Tcl scripts.