[ncl-install] nacrg on Mac OS X Lion

Yemi Adebiyi adadebiyi at gmail.com
Mon Sep 19 16:06:30 MDT 2011


Hello,

I have OSX 10.7.1(Lion) of x86_64. I am using NCL version 6.0.0 
installed through the binary and I am having the same problem earlier 
expressed by Junjun.

Adeyemi.


On 9/19/11 5:20 PM, Noble, Erik U. (GSFC)[COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY] wrote:
> I downloaded the file. I typed "idt gmetad.300" and it opened up. I am 
> using OSX 10.7 (Lion).
> I am using the latest ncl binary compile with gcc/gfortran but I am 
> using intel(ifort/icc) compilers by default.
>
>
>>>>> If I don't want to move everything (bin, include, library etc) to the
>>>>> system directory /usr/local, what should I do to tell ncar use the
>>>>> Macport compilers and libraries? Do I need to manually edit scripts
>>>>> ncargf90 and ncargcc?
>
> Go to /opt/local/bin and create a symbolic link within the directory
> ln -sf gcc-mp-4.5 gcc
> and
> ln -sf  gfortran-mp-4.5 gfortran
>
> If /opt/local/bin is not the fist thing in your PATH, then create a 
> .bashrc (.cshrc) file that makes this so whenever you need to use 
> gcc/gfortran 4.5.
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>
> On Sep 19, 2011, at 12:48 PM, Mary Haley wrote:
>
>> Thanks for providing the file. I was able to view it just fine under 
>> my Snow Leopard Mac, but that was expected.
>>
>> I don't have a Lion system, but I've sent the file to someone who 
>> does to see if they have the same problem.
>>
>> It does sound like an X server issue.
>>
>> If anybody else has a Mac Lion system could they try the same thing 
>> that JunJun did, and let me know if you have a problem or not?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --Mary
>>
>> On Sep 19, 2011, at 8:52 AM, Junjun Mao wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Mary,
>>>
>>> Attached is a multi-picture file a user forwarded to me. When I load 
>>> it into idt and hit animate button I get
>>>
>>> mac_ idt gmetad.300
>>> X Error of failed request:  BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
>>> Major opcode of failed request:  73 (X_GetImage)
>>> Serial number of failed request:  435
>>> Current serial number in output stream:  435
>>>
>>>
>>> If I use my Linux box to "ssh -Y" to his Mac OS X Lion, I can do the 
>>> "animate" properly though.
>>>
>>> Junjun
>>>
>>> On 09/19/2011 10:48 AM, Mary Haley wrote:
>>>> Junjun,
>>>>
>>>> Can you be more specific by what you mean by the "animate" 
>>>> function?  What exactly are you running that causes the crash?
>>>> Also, do you get any kind of warnings or errors?
>>>>
>>>> --Mary
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 19, 2011, at 8:46 AM, Junjun Mao wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The "animate" function of the pre-compiled binary of ncar on Mac OS X
>>>>> Lion crashes. I don't know if it is a X11 library computability 
>>>>> problem
>>>>> or something missing in the installation.
>>>>>
>>>>> Reading instruction and notes for Mac at
>>>>> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/macosx.shtml I see a line:
>>>>>
>>>>> "If it echoes "10.7.x", then you should be able to use the above 
>>>>> binary,
>>>>> but you may also need to install "gfortran" via MacPorts:
>>>>> sudo port install gcc45 +gfortran"
>>>>>
>>>>> So I suspected I have to use MacPort gcc and gfortran. However, the
>>>>> installed the installed gcc and gfortran are located under
>>>>> /opt/local/bin and named gcc-mp-4.5 and gfortran-mp-4.5 receptively.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I don't want to move everything (bin, include, library etc) to the
>>>>> system directory /usr/local, what should I do to tell ncar use the
>>>>> Macport compilers and libraries? Do I need to manually edit scripts
>>>>> ncargf90 and ncargcc?
>>>>>
>>>>> Junjun
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Dr. Junjun Mao
>>>>> Research Associate and Systems Manager
>>>>> Levich Institute, City College of New York
>>>>> Email: jmao at ccny.cuny.edu <mailto:jmao at ccny.cuny.edu>
>>>>> Phone: 212-650-6845
>>>>> Fax: 212-650-6835
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Dr. Junjun Mao
>>> Research Associate and Systems Manager
>>> Levich Institute, City College of New York
>>> Email: jmao at ccny.cuny.edu <mailto:jmao at ccny.cuny.edu>
>>> Phone: 212-650-6845
>>> Fax: 212-650-6835
>>>
>>>
>>> <gmetad.300>
>>
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