Re: [Gretl-users] No text output from x12

On Tue, 4 Feb 2014, Allin Cottrell wrote: Just in case someone is interested, this is a quick HOWTO on building X13ARIMA-SEATS on Linux: I just did on my Mint laptop. It should work ok on any debian-based distro (Ubuntu, for one). 1) Download the source from http://www.census.gov/ts/x13as/unix/x13assrc.tar.gz and unpack in a directory of your choice 2) Install gfortran, if necessary: sudo apt-get install gfortran or via synaptic, aptitude, whatever you like best 3) move to the directory containing the fortran sources and edit the file "makefile.g77": change lines 2 and 3 FC = /usr/bin/g77 LINKER = /usr/bin/g77 to FC = /usr/bin/gfortran LINKER = /usr/bin/gfortran 4) run "make -f makefile.g77"; this will take some time and produce a few "warning" messages; it's perfectly safe to ignore them. At the end, you should have an executable file called "x13as". 5) copy the executable file to a directory in your path; eg, sudo cp x13as /usr/local/bin/ 6) Open gretl, go to Tools>Preferences>General; in the "Programs" tab, choose "Path to x12arima" and write "x13as" in the text box. Click "OK". 7) Enjoy!!! ------------------------------------------------------- Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali (DiSES) Università Politecnica delle Marche (formerly known as Università di Ancona) r.lucchetti(a)univpm.it http://www2.econ.univpm.it/servizi/hpp/lucchetti -------------------------------------------------------