[ncl-install] possible directory error in ncl-6.4.0 test script?

[Sam McClatchie]

Hello Mary

I moved the zipped NCL binary to a new directory called 
/usr/share/ncl-6.4.0

and unzipped the archive using:

tar -zxvf ncl_ncarg-6.4.0-Debian8.6_64bit_gnu492.tar.gz.

Three subdirectories were created under /usr/share/ncl-6.4.0 called 
./bin, ./share, and ./lib.

I modified the ~/.bashrc by adding:

# settings for NCL smcc 28 Oct/2017
   export NCARG_ROOT=/usr/share/ncl-6.4.0
   export PATH=$NCARG_ROOT/bin:$PATH
   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.1.0.0
   export NCARG_RANGS=/usr/share/ncl-6.4.0/lib/ncarg/database/rangs

This is a new computer that has no previous NCL install.

Here are the results of the commands that you asked me to run:

smcc at jaguar:~$ which ncl
/usr/share/ncl-6.4.0/bin/ncl
smcc at jaguar:~$ env | grep NCARG
NCARG_ROOT=/usr/share/ncl-6.4.0
NCARG_RANGS=/usr/share/ncl-6.4.0/lib/ncarg/database/rangs
smcc at jaguar:~$ ncargpath lib
/usr/share/ncl-6.4.0/lib
smcc at jaguar:~$ ncargpath ncarg
/usr/share/ncl-6.4.0/lib/ncarg

These all look ok, don't they?

Best fishes

Sam



On 10/29/2017 08:05 AM, Mary Haley wrote:
> Hi Sam,
>
> There's definitely something off here.
>
> From your description, it sounds like you downloaded the gzipped 
> tarfile from the ESG and then probably extracted it somewhere.
>
> Can you tell me how and where you extracted the files from the gzipped 
> tarfile?  Also, what does the following report (from the UNIX command 
> line):
>
> which ncl
> env | grep NCARG
> ncargpath lib
> ncargpath ncarg
>
> In general, when you install NCL, you should only need to set the 
> NCARG_ROOT environment variable.  The above commands will tell me if 
> any other NCARG_XXXX environment variables are being set. If you have 
> any old environment variables left over from a previous installation, 
> then you may need to change them, or not set them at all.
>
> --Mary
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 2:53 PM, Sam McClatchie 
> <smcclatchie at fishocean.info <mailto:smcclatchie at fishocean.info>> wrote:
>
>     Hi
>
>     I've just installed NCL-6.4.0 on ubuntu 17.10 using the opendap
>     enabled archive ncl_ncarg-6.4.0-Debian8.6_64bit_gnu492.tar.gz.
>
>     Everything seems to be working fine, e.g.
>
>     ng4ex NUG_xy_plot NUG_panel_plot
>
>     runs and produces the plots, and the opendap test script returns
>     the expected output.  However, I detect what may be a small error
>     in one of the tests on this page
>     <http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/install.shtml>
>     <http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/install.shtml>:
>
>     You can quickly test if NCL is installed properly by typing:
>
>          ng4ex xy01n -clean
>
>     smcc at jaguar:~$ ng4ex xy01n -clean
>
>     NCAR Graphics NCL Example <xy01n>
>
>     Segmentation fault
>     Copying xy01n.ncl
>     cp: cannot stat '/usr/share/ncl-6.4.0/lib/ncarg/nclex//xy01n.ncl':
>     No such file or directory
>
>     Running NCL...
>     xy01n.ncl: No such file or directory.
>
>     ncl failed.
>
>     I notice there is a // in the file location. When I look for the
>     example file:
>
>     smcc at jaguar:~$ locate xy01n.ncl
>     /usr/share/ncl-6.4.0/lib/ncarg/nclex/xyplot/xy01n.ncl
>
>     Is there a missing subdirectory in the call to the example file?
>
>     Best fishes
>     Sam
>
>
>     -- 
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>     & Elena Turin (Internal controls accountant, UCSD)
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>
>
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>
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email signature Sam McClatchie (Fisheries oceanographer, SWFSC, NOAA)
& Elena Turin (Internal controls accountant, UCSD)
work: SWFSC, 8901 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037-1509, USA
home: 12723 Salmon River Rd, San Diego, CA 92129, USA
cell: 858 752 8495
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"The time has come", the tui said,
"to talk of many things:
Of songs - and ferns - and flowering flax,
of Pukekos and dreams ..."

(not Lewis Carroll)
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