To install the software you can either download and install the deb package directly, or compile from source, whichever best suits your needs. A Linux based operating system is assumed.

To install the package:

    sudo dpkg -i tempgraph-x.x.deb

or to compile from source just run

    make

If you didn't install from the deb package you'll need to ensure that you have gnuplot installed on your system, since this is used to plot the graphs.

You will also need the GHCN data files. The latest versions can be obtained from the FTP site, and the files you'll need are:

v2.mean.Z

v2.country.codes

You'll also need the weather station locations ASCII file which can be found here. v2.mean.Z should be uncompressed to some convenient directory. Alternatively these files are available from the downloads section on this site, although they will become out of date over time.