[ncl-install] ncl not seeing NCARG_ROOT?

[JeremyWinick]

I think the Ubuntu install from the repository puts the binary in 
/usr/bin and most other stuff in /usr/share/ncarg. So if you set NCAR's 
suggested paths it won't work or find things.

Jeremy


On 02/16/2018 03:36 PM, Dave Burns via ncl-install wrote:
> Hello.
> Executing ncl on a newly installed ubuntu box and an old ncl file that 
> used to work generates this error:
> >fatal:Could not open ($NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl)
> >fatal:error at line 2 in file proj1.ncl
>
> That's odd, because NCARG_ROOT is defined and that file is openable 
> and has permissive permissions for all users:
> >user at host:~/Downloads/1200/0214$ echo $NCARG_ROOT
> /usr
> >user at host:~/Downloads/1200/0214$ ls -la 
> $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 490093 Jan 28 2016 
> /usr/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl
> >user at host:~/Downloads/1200/0214$ head  
> $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl
> ;
> ;      $Id: gsn_code.ncl,v 1.238.4.3 2010-05-06 17:13:26 haley Exp $
> ;;;;;
>
> So I am confused. The only way "could not open" would make sense was 
> if ncl was opening the file for write access, which still doesn't make 
> sense.
>
>
> Here are the first lines from the ncl file:
>
> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"      ; These 
> four libraries are automatically
> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_csm.ncl"       ; loaded 
> from NCL V6.4.0 onward.
> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl"   ; No 
> need for user to explicitly load.
>
>
> How do I fix this?
> thanks,
> Dave
>
>
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