online tutorial: https://dtcenter.org/met/users/support/online_tutorial/METv6.0/index.php

log in to scholar.rcac.purdue.edu (could use thinlinc https://desktop.scholar.rcac.purdue.edu:300/main/)

untar the MET-6.0.tar file, you could put this in your /home directory or /scratch

note that you should only do this once, it will put the MET programs and sample data files (for the online tutorial) into a directory called MET-6.0

if you prefer to use your /home directory:

make sure to set up your environment to use gcc compilers, netcdf, etc.

note that you need to do this at the start of your terminal session before running any MET programs. once you have set up the environment, it will be part of the terminal until you log out

cd into the MET-6.0 directory that you created previously and see what is there (this is for your information)

bin/ has the MET programs

data/ has data files for the tutorial

share/ has files that are used by MET programs

tutorial/ has files that are used in the tutorial

once you are in your MET-6.0 directory, try running some MET programs, for example gen_vx_mask

good luck!