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I've had great success installing xfpa on Ubuntu in the last year by ensuring the following packages are installed:
git-core
libxml2-dev
libmotif-dev
gfortran
libpng-dev
libjpeg-dev
libtiff4-dev
libx11-dev
libxt-dev
libxft-dev
libxmu-dev
libxpm-dev
libgrib2c-dev
libjasper-dev

apt-get install libxml2-dev libmotif-dev gfortran libpng-dev libjpeg-dev libtiff4-dev libx11-dev libxt-dev libxft-dev libxmu-dev libxpm-dev libgrib2c-dev libjasper-dev... read more

There was an error introduced into Motif some time after 2.3.1 that causes an Xlib Bad Match error if the tabSelectColor is set and the tabs are on the right or left hand side (as they are for the main window). Add the following lines into app-defaults/english/XFpa

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xfpa*XmTabStack.background: RGB:6A/6A/8D

! New Lines follow
xfpa.mainManager.tabs.tabSelectColor: COLOR_DYNAMIC
xfpa.mainManager.tabs.background: RGB:7E/88/AB
! New Lines above

The Forecast Production Assistant (FPA) was originally created in the late 1980's. The FPA was developed in Environment Canada to support weather forecasting and research in Canada, but has also been used outside EC by several organizations to enhance their weather forecasting and product generation capabilities. Development work on the FPA has decreased over the years, and it has been decided to make FPA source code freely available so that current users (and maybe some new ones too!) can continue to use the FPA. We sincerely hope that some keen Linux and C experts will pick it up and build a community around it. For now the FPA developers will keep an eye on the discussion board and offer advice when time permits. Occasionally we may also update code.... read more