[ncl-install] problem with AIX precompiled NCL binaries

[Mary Haley]

Can you send me the full output from the following commands:

   uname -a
   env | grep NCARG
   type ncl
   ncl -V
   ng4ex xy01c -clean
   ng4ex xy01n -clean
   ng4ex gsun01n -clean
   ng4ex ap01n -clean

--Mary

On Thu, 16 Apr 2009, Selin, Rebecca D CTR USAF AFWA 2 WXG/WEA wrote:

> May,
>
> Sorry, I did indeed mean "ng4ex".  Yes, it makes no sense to me either why "ng4ex gsun01n.ncl" would work and "ncl gsun01n.ncl" would not.
>
> When I tried running "ng4ex xy01n -clean" I got the "Illegal instruction (core dumped)" error again.
>
> Interestingly, I am able to get both "ng4ex ap01n" and "ncl ap01n.ncl" to work.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Becky Adams Selin
> UCAR Visiting Scientist
> Air Force Weather Agency 2 WXG/WEA
> COMM: (402) 294-5273  DSN: 271-5273
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mary Haley [mailto:haley at ucar.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 10:46 AM
> To: Selin, Rebecca D CTR USAF AFWA 2 WXG/WEA
> Cc: ncl-install at ucar.edu
> Subject: Re: [ncl-install] problem with AIX precompiled NCL binaries
>
>
> On Wed, 15 Apr 2009, Selin, Rebecca D CTR USAF AFWA 2 WXG/WEA wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am attempting to use the precompiled NCL 5.1.0 binaries for an AIX 5.3
>> PowerPC 6 system.  Last year, I was able to download the NCL 5.0.0
>> binaries for an AIX 5.3 PowerPC 5 system, and they still work fine.
>> However, the 5.1.0 binaries didn't work.  When testing my installation,
>> the following would occur:
>>
>> nc4ex gsun01n : runs successfully, produces images
>>
>> ncl gsun01n.ncl : exits before plotting anything with the error Illegal
>> instruction(coredump)
>
> Becky,
>
> I'm not sure I understand the above.  By "nc4ex" did you mean "ng4ex"?
> If "ng4ex gsun01n.ncl" works, then I don't understand why "ncl
> gsun01n.ncl" wouldn't work, since "ng4ex" is doing this internally.
>
> Are you able to run:
>
>    ng4ex xy01n -clean
>
> ?
>
>> ncargex cpex08 :
>>
>> NCAR Graphics Fortran  Example <cpex08>
>>
>>  Copying cpex08.f
>>
>>  Copying cpexcc.f
>>
>
> For this problem, it looks like you may be using an old "ncargf77",
> because the new one should be including "-lpng -lz" on the compile
> line.
>
> You can try the compilation yourself with:
>
>   ncargex cpex08 -n
>   ncargf77 cpex08.c cpexcc.c -lpng -lz
>   ./a.out
>
> If you don't get any errors, then you should now have a "gmeta"
> file which you can view with "ctrans":
>
>    ctrans -d X11 gmeta
>
> --Mary
>
>>
>> Compiling and linking...
>>
>> xlf_r -q64 -O3 -qstrict -o cpex08 cpexcc.f cpex08.f
>> -L/sphome/adamsr/WRFLIB/NCL64/lib -lncarg -lncarg_gks -lncarg_c -lX11
>>
>> cpexcc.f:
>>
>> ** gendat   === End of Compilation 1 ===
>>
>> ** fran   === End of Compilation 2 ===
>>
>> ** capsap   === End of Compilation 3 ===
>>
>> ** labtop   === End of Compilation 4 ===
>>
>> ** bndary   === End of Compilation 5 ===
>>
>> ** dfclrs   === End of Compilation 6 ===
>>
>> 1501-510  Compilation successful for file cpexcc.f.
>>
>> cpex08.f:
>>
>> ** cpex08   === End of Compilation 1 ===
>>
>> ** colram   === End of Compilation 2 ===
>>
>> ** colrcl   === End of Compilation 3 ===
>>
>> ** colrll   === End of Compilation 4 ===
>>
>> ** colra2   === End of Compilation 5 ===
>>
>> ** colrc2   === End of Compilation 6 ===
>>
>> ** colrl2   === End of Compilation 7 ===
>>
>> 1501-510  Compilation successful for file cpex08.f.
>>
>> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .png_create_write_struct
>>
>> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .png_create_info_struct
>>
>> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .png_destroy_write_struct
>>
>> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .png_init_io
>>
>> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .png_malloc
>>
>> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .png_set_rows
>>
>> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .png_set_IHDR
>>
>> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .png_write_png
>>
>> ld: 0711-345 Use the -bloadmap or -bnoquiet option to obtain more
>> information.
>>
>>
>>
>> The compile and link failed.
>>
>>
>>
>> Of course, this last error makes me suspect that my libpng library is
>> not linking in correctly - it is not in the "normal" place.  But what is
>> the name of the environmental variable I need to set to define this?
>> I've tried PNG and LIBPNG.  And I have no idea what could be the problem
>> with regular NCL.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your help.
>>
>>
>>
>> Becky Adams Selin
>>
>> UCAR Visiting Scientist
>>
>> Air Force Weather Agency 2 WXG/WEA
>>
>> COMM: (402) 294-5273  DSN: 271-5273
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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