[ncl-install] NCL for Power7

[Smriti Prathapan]

Hi, 

I am trying to install NCL/NCAR Graphics from source for Power 7( PPC64). Following the instructions, I did the configure and make Everything. There are a few errors in the make-output file and some of the executables have not been created, for e.g. idt, ctrans etc. 

Pasted below are some of the errors in make-output. I have attached the make-output. Please help me solve these errors. 

gfortran -fPIC -fno-second-underscore -fno-range-check -fopenmp  -O    -o ncargworld ncargworld.o ../../../.././nc
arg2d/src/libncarg_gks/awi/ggkwdr_stub.o  -L../../../.././ncarg2d/src/libncarg -lncarg -L../../../.././ncarg2d/src
/libncarg_gks -lncarg_gks -L../../../.././common/src/libncarg_c -lncarg_c -L/home/smritip1/NOAA/new_gsi/WRFV3.6/P7
/ncl_ncarg-6.2.0/lib -L/usr/lib64/X11/ -L/usr/include/freetype2/ -L/usr/local/lib64/ -L/home/smritip1/NOAA/new_gsi
/hdf5-1.8.13/hdf5/lib -L/usr/local/lib    
../../../.././ncarg2d/src/libncarg_gks/libncarg_gks.a(wks.o):(.text+0x748): undefined reference to `bcopyswap'
../../../.././ncarg2d/src/libncarg_gks/libncarg_gks.a(wks.o):(.text+0x944): undefined reference to `bcopyswap'
../../../.././ncarg2d/src/libncarg_gks/libncarg_gks.a(wks.o):(.text+0xa04): undefined reference to `bcopyswap'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[5]: *** [ncargworld] Error 1





Thanks,
Smriti
On Jun 3, 2014, at 1:52 PM, Mary Haley <haley at ucar.edu> wrote:

> Dear Smriti,
> 
> I don't have access to a PPC64 system, so yes, you would need to build it from source code.
> 
> I can help with this, by providing suggestions on what to set in your LINUX configuration file.
> 
> When you download the NCL source code, you will see a directory in the top of the tree called "config". This directory contains a bunch of sample configuration files for LINUX, like:
> 
> LINUX.64.GNU
> LINUX.64.INTEL
> LINUX.64.PGI
> LINUX.INTEL
> LINUX.ppc64.xl
> 
> You can look at these files to get an idea of what things you need to set.
> 
> The file that ends up getting used for the NCL build is called LINUX, so this is the one you will need to make the modifications for.
> 
> The most critical lines in the LINUX file that you need to worry about are these:
> 
> #define StdDefines  -DSYSV -D_POSIX_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -DByteSwapped
> #define ByteSwapped
> #define CCompiler   gcc
> #define FCompiler   gfortran
> #define CtoFLibraries   -lgfortran
> #define CtoFLibrariesUser   -lgfortran
> #define CcOptions      -ansi -fPIC -fopenmp
> #define FcOptions      -fPIC -fno-f2c -fno-second-underscore -fopenmp
> 
> If you are not using the GNU compilers, then you'll need to change the CCompiler and FCompiler as desired, along with the compile options via CcOptions and FcOptions.
> 
> The line 
> 
> #define ByteSwapped
> 
> should be removed if this is a big endian machine, which I seem to remember that it is.
> 
> Once you have the "config/LINUX" file set up as desired, then you can cd to the top level NCL tree and run "./Configure" as documented. See this link for full information:
> 
> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/build_from_src.shtml
> 
> If you have any questions about this, please post them back to this email list.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --Mary
> 
> On Jun 3, 2014, at 9:05 AM, Smriti Prathapan <smritip1 at umbc.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Hi, 
>> 
>> I was looking for the pre-buit Linux binary for Power7 (ppc64) and couldn’t find it. Do you suggest installing from source ?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Smriti
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