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TauDEM version 5.0 and 5.1 Downloads

These versions are deprecated and superceded by TauDEM 5.3. These versions of TauDEM were compiled using MPICH2 from http://www.mcs.anl.gov/research/projects/mpich2/. On Windows platforms this has been superceded by the Microsoft HPC Pack 2012 MS-MPI libraries from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36045.

Documentation for 5.0 versions

Installation Instructions

  1. These instructions assume that you are installing to the default locations on the C: drive of a 64-bit Windows PC, adjust as necessary.
  2. If you wish to use the ArcGIS Interface with TauDEM 5, you must have ArcGIS Desktop 9.3.1 or ArcGIS Desktop 10 installed.
  3. Download and install MPICH2.
    1. Download the current Windows distribution version of MPICH2 appropriate to your system from http://www.mcs.anl.gov/research/projects/mpich2/. Most likely you will need to click on downloads (though sometimes the page changes) and then find either Windows x86 (for 32 bit PC) or x86_64 (for 64 bit PC) Microsoft install file (*.msi). These Windows downloads are no longer available from the main MPICH2 website. TauDEM has been upgraded and compiled with Microsoft HPC Pack 2012 MS-MPI installer. If you want to use the older MPICH2 version these downloads can be located in the index of old installs http://www.mpich.org/static/tarballs/1.4.1p1/.
    2. Install MPICH2 using Administrator priveleges. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. IF YOU DO NOT GET THIS RIGHT TAUDEM DOES NOT RUN.
        1. Select Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt and right click on this and Run as Administrator.
        2. Change directory to the location where you saved the MPICH2 install file (e.g. type cd c:\users\user\downloads in the command prompt and enter).
        3. Then type the install file name (e.g. mpich2-1.4.1p1-win-ia32.msi) and enter. This should launch the install sequence with administrator priveleges. If this has all worked correctly you should be able to start the task manager and under services see mpich2_smpd MPICH2 Process Manager running.

      There are other ways to do the install from an administrator account, but the above approach has been most reliable in our experience for getting the necessary MPICH2 pieces installed properly. If you receive a Windows Firewall Security Alert you may select Cancel without enabling smpd to communicate on any networks.  TauDEM's use of MPICH2 is for message passing between multiple processes on a single computer (with multiple cores) and does not require outside network access.

    3. Add the folder "C:\Program Files\MPICH2\bin" to the system PATH environment variable. (Right click Computer->Properties->Advanced System Settings->Advanced->Environment variables)
    4. Run "mpiexec.exe -register" from a command prompt or directly from Start for your version of Windows. (The path edit above enables the system to find mpiexec.exe in the "C:\Program Files\MPICH2\bin" folder.)  As before, if you receive a Windows Firewall Security Alert you should select Cancel without enabling mpiexec.exe  to communicate on any networks.  TauDEM's use of MPICH2 does not require outside network access.
    5. Then at the prompt type in the users Windows username (or just hit enter for the current user).  Then type in and confirm the user's password.  This needs to be done for each user that will run TauDEM 5.
  4. Download and install the TauDEM version appropriate for your platform (see above).
  5. To activate the TauDEM Toolbox in ArcGIS:
    1. Open ArcMap. If the ArcToolbox Window is not open, click on the "Show/Hide ArcToolbox Window" icon in the Standard Toolbar.
    2. Right click on ArcToolbox at the top of the window. Select Add Toolbox... .
    3. Browse to the TauDEM install directory (on a 64-bit machine, by default, this is: C:\Program Files (x86)\TauDEM\).
    4. Click on the TauDEM_Tools.tbx file, and click Open.
    5. The TauDEM Toolbox should now be visible in the list of toolboxes.
    6. If you wish to save this configuration, right click on ArcToolbox, select Save to Default.
    7. This needs to be done for each user who wishes to use TauDEM.
  6. To use the Model Builder Workflows
    1. Download the file appropriate for your ArcGIS version (see above) and save in the location that TauDEM was installed (e.g. c:\program files\taudem) so that the relative paths to TauDEM tools are correct.
    2. Open ArcMap. If the ArcToolbox Window is not open, click on the "Show/Hide ArcToolbox Window" icon in the Standard Toolbar.
    3. Right click on ArcToolbox at the top of the window. Select Add Toolbox... .
    4. Locate the file TauDEM Models.tbx that you downloaded and select it.
    5. The TauDEM Models Toolbox should now be visible in the list of toolboxes.
    6. If you wish to save this configuration, right click on ArcToolbox, select Save to Default.
    7. This needs to be done for each user who wishes to use TauDEM.