Troubleshooting

troubleshooting gdal plugins

quick check (a.k.a. what you should get with a correct installation):

gdalinfo --formats |grep Msat
  MsatXRIT (ro): Meteosat xRIT (via Meteosatlib)
  MsatSAFH5 (ro): SAF HDF5 (via Meteosatlib)
  MsatNetCDF (rw): Meteosatlib NetCDF
  MsatNetCDF24 (rw): Meteosatlib NetCDF24
  MsatGRIB (rw): Meteosatlib GRIB via grib_api

common problems

I have successfully compiled and installed meteosatlib
but gdal can't find the plugins and/or I get some file format unrecognized error

Depending on your linux distribution, architecture or gdal version, the path of gdal plugins may vary. Please check the current gdal plugins path with:

strace gdalinfo 2>&1|grep plugin

and make sure it contains gdal_Meteosatlib library