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I missed part of the instructions for installation (see below)
because they read as if they are only required if you are installing
from source rather than from a binary:<br>
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libraries</b>
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you need an X11 server in order to run ncl and display output
to an X11 library, and you need the X11 development libraries
in order to build NCL from source code.</p>
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51); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;
font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-variant: normal; ">Getting
the development libraries on your system depends on what kind
of Linux system you have. Try one of the commands below to see
which one works on your system.</p>
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sudo apt-get install xorg-dev
sudo apt-get install libx11-dev</pre>
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<p>Once I installed these packages, ncl loaded fine.<br>
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<p>Apologies<br>
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<p>Sam.<br>
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Sam McClatchie,
Supervisory oceanographer, Fisheries oceanography
Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA,
8604 La Jolla Shores Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037-1508, U.S.A.
email <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Sam.McClatchie@noaa.gov"><Sam.McClatchie@noaa.gov></a>
Cellular: 858 752 8495
Research home page <<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.fishocean.info">www.fishocean.info</a>>
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