[ncl-install] Error message: fatal:Could not open ($NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl)

[HAVENER, KEVIN F GS-12 USAF ACC 14 WS/WXED]

I would export you NCARG environment in .bashrc not .bash_profile.   In my experience, I've been bitten too many times by the the fact that the .bash_profile belongs to login shells, and .bashrc is more general applying to subshells and such.  So in my .bash_profile II just tend to source my .bshrc and keep my configuration there.

Kevin Havener

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From: ncl-install-bounces at ucar.edu [mailto:ncl-install-bounces at ucar.edu] On Behalf Of Thomas, Rebecca
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 5:30 AM
To: ncl-install at ucar.edu
Subject: [ncl-install] Error message: fatal:Could not open ($NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl)

Hi,

 

I’ve just installed ncl 6.2.1 and am getting the following error message when I try to run a scrip:

 

fatal:Could not open ($NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl)

 

I have looked through posts from other people who have had similar error messages, but I’m sure my NCARG_ROOT environment is correctly set:

 

In my .bash_profile I have:

 

export NCARG_ROOT=/usr/local/ncl-6.2.1

export PATH=$NCARG_ROOT/bin:$PATH

 

And I have run the following checks:

 

env | grep NCARG 

NCARG_ROOT=/usr/local/ncl-6.2.1

 

which ncl

/usr/local/ncl-6.2.1/bin/ncl

 

ncl -V

6.2.1

 

Thanks,

 

Rebecca