[ncl-install] Installation for begineers

[Kevin Hallock]

Hi Enrique,

I just tested the instructions and experienced the same “libssl.so.10” error message as you. I was able to fix this issue by using the ncl_ncarg-6.4.0-Debian7.11_64bit_gnu472.tar.gz download on Earth System Grid (https://www.earthsystemgrid.org/dataset/ncl.640.dap/file.html <https://www.earthsystemgrid.org/dataset/ncl.640.dap/file.html>), and then installing several additional packages using “apt-get”:
cd $HOME
export INSTALLDIR=/usr/local/ncl-6.4.0   # you can change this
wget --content-disposition https://www.earthsystemgrid.org/download/fileDownload.html?logicalFileId=246ab3ec-fa02-11e6-a976-00c0f03d5b7c
sudo mkdir "$INSTALLDIR"
sudo tar -zxf ncl_ncarg-6.4.0-Debian7.11_64bit_gnu472.tar.gz -C "$INSTALLDIR"
sudo apt-get install libssh2-1 libfontconfig libxrender1 libgfortran3 libgomp1

The config file to edit in this case is actually “.bashrc”. You can add the necessary lines to your .bashrc file and add the changes to your current shell by running:
echo -e "export NCARG_ROOT=\"$INSTALLDIR\"\nexport PATH=\"\$NCARG_ROOT/bin:\$PATH\"" >> $HOME/.bashrc

or just add the following lines to .bashrc manually (making sure NCARG_ROOT is set to the same path as defined above):
export NCARG_ROOT=/usr/local/ncl-6.4.0
export PATH="$NCARG_ROOT/bin:$PATH”

In both cases, you’ll need to either open a new instance of bash or run “source $HOME/.bashrc” in order to update these variables in your current bash shell; future instances of bash should already have the necessary variables set.

I hope this helps!

Kevin

> On May 10, 2017, at 7:39 AM, Enrique Cano <enriquecano2008 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> My name is Enrique and I currently working on my Master Thesis. I have to translate grib files to netCDF and NCL seems to be one of the tools for that. 
> 
> I have never worked with the Ubuntu Bash for Windows. Although, I have followed this instructions https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/windows_linux_subsystem.shtml <https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/windows_linux_subsystem.shtml> from top to bottom twice and I still have the same problems.
> 
> When trying "ncl -V" I received the following message:
> 
> "The program 'ncl' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
> sudo apt-get install ncl-ncarg" 
> 
> Since that is not mentioned anywhere in the instructions there must be a problem with my step-by-step procedure.
> 
> My guesses:
> 
> 1) Path environment. Attached find a screenshot of my PATH variable (last three lines). Maybe the location of the .profile or the way I wrote in the final is wrong.
> 
> 2) Install directory of ncl-6.4.0. I think this is where I made my mistake. Is not installed in my username directory which would be /home/ecanos (username). It is installed in /usr/local/ncl-6.4., outside of my /ecanos directory.
> 
> When manually introducing the export path commands (as attached) and trying ncl -V i get the libssl.so.10 error message. So I think I already have encountered too many problems to ask for some guidance.
> 
> Anything you could share with me would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Enrique Cano.
> 
> 
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