[ncl-install] libgfortran.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[Kevin Hallock]

Hi Jerry,

I just tried installing the Debian8.6 binary release of NCL 6.4.0 <https://www.earthsystemgrid.org/dataset/ncl.640.dap/file.html> on an Ubuntu 17.10 virtual machine, and can confirm that I also saw the libgfortran error message.

After performing a minimal installation of Ubuntu 17.10, I had to manually install the following packages in order to get NCL to actually run:
sudo apt install libxrender1 libfontconfig1 libgfortran3 libgomp1

(Note: I believe libxrender1 and libfontconfig1 may be installed by default on a “desktop” installation of Ubuntu, but I tested this with a more minimal “server” installation)

There is a brief Dealing with missing libgfortran issue <https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/linux.shtml#libgfortran> section in our installation instructions, but it’s a bit buried on our website and it could have a more concise description of the solution.

Thanks for letting us know that our documentation wasn’t entirely helpful in your situation; I’ll try to add some extra information to the page I linked above to hopefully help you and other users in the future.

Kevin

> On Jan 26, 2018, at 1:25 PM, Potter, Gerald Lee. (GSFC-606.2)[UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION] via ncl-install <ncl-install at ucar.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to install NCL on Ubuntu 17.10. I have downloaded the
> binaries and installed it in /usr/local/ncl-6.4.0.
> 
> I have set the path and when I run ncl I get:
> 
> libgfortran.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> 
> Am I missing something? I don't see any mention of this in the
> installation instructions.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jerry
> 
> 
> -- 
> Gerald (Jerry) Potter
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