<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The “ncl_ncarg-6.4.0.tar.gz” tarball you downloaded contains NCL source code, which can be difficult to compile.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You might want to try downloading the “ncl_ncarg-6.4.0-Debian7.11_32bit_gnu472.tar.gz” precompiled binary release: <a href="https://www.earthsystemgrid.org/dataset/ncl.640.dap/file.html" class="">https://www.earthsystemgrid.org/dataset/ncl.640.dap/file.html</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Debian 7.11 and Ubuntu 14.04 are similar operating systems, although there may be some additional dependencies you’ll need to install.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There are installation instructions on the page you linked to below: <a href="https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/install.shtml" class="">https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/install.shtml</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I hope this helps!</div><div class="">Kevin</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 22, 2017, at 4:38 AM, jayanti pal <<a href="mailto:jiban_samudra18@yahoo.com" class="">jiban_samudra18@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="font-family:courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:13px;" class=""><div class=""><div data-test-id="message-view-body" class=""><div class="ydp96c1b2b8msg-body ydp96c1b2b8iy_A ydp96c1b2b8P_wpofO" data-test-id="message-view-body-content"><div class="ydp96c1b2b8jb_0 ydp96c1b2b8X_6MGW ydp96c1b2b8N_6Fd5"><div class=""><div id="ydp96c1b2b8yiv1751672347" class=""><div class=""><div style="font-family:courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:13px;" class=""><div class="">Sir/Madam</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am new to linux as well as ncl. I have tried to install ncl (ncl-6.4.1) following instruction given in following link:</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/install.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/install.shtml</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have ubuntu 14.04 LTS (32 bit).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">When I have installed ncl using "sudo" (sudo apt-get install ncl-ncarg),it has been installed but its version is 6.1.2. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">!going to root</div><div class=""><b class="">$sudo -i</b></div><div class="">then download ncl_ncarg-6.4.0.tar.gz and then untar it in "/home/user" (tar -zxf ncl_ncarg-6.4.0.tar.gz)</div><div class=""> !going to untar folder</div><div class=""><b class="">$cd ncl_ncarg-6.4.0/</b></div><div class=""><b class="">$./Configure -v</b></div><div class=""><b class="">When ask for parent installation directory, I put "/usr/bin/ncarg"</b></div><div class=""><b class="">When ask for local library search path, I put "/usr/lib"</b></div><div class=""><b class="">when ask for local include search path, I put "/usr/include"</b></div><div class=""><b class="">then setting environment:</b></div><div class=""><b class="">"setenv NCARG_ROOT /usr/bin/ncarg"</b></div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><b class="">Then it shows:</b></div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><b class="">"<i class="">Save current configuration ? (y) <br class="">Enter Return(default), y(yes), or q(quit) > y<br class=""><br class="">Building Top-level Makefile with current configuration options<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""> You have completed the configuration process. Once you exit this<br class=""> program you may initiate the installation procedure by typing:<br class=""><br class=""> make Everything >& make-output &<br class=""><br class=""> You can watch the output with:<br class=""><br class=""> tail -f make-output<br class=""><br class=""> If this is not your first installation attempt, and you simply <br class=""> made some changes in the configuration, restart the process using:<br class=""><br class=""> make All >>& make-output &<br class=""> <br class=""> This command does not erase object code that has already<br class=""> been compiled.<br class=""><br class=""> Both of these commands run the installation procedure<br class=""> in the background, and you can track its progress<br class=""> by periodically examining the file "make-output" while <br class=""> the installation proceeds.</i>"</b></div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><b class="">after that it shows finished installation and make everything.</b></div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><b class="">Then i open a .bash_aliases file where i add</b></div><div class=""><b class=""><pre class="">export NCARG_ROOT=/usr/local/ncl-6.4.0
export PATH=$NCARG_ROOT/bin:$PATH</pre></b></div><div class=""><b class=""><pre class=""><br class=""></pre></b></div><div class=""><b class=""><pre class="">Still it is not working. Please help me. I need to install ncl urgnetly.<br class=""></pre></b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="ydp96c1b2b8yiv1751672347ydp7f5d1618signature"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;" class="">Dr. Jayanti Pal</span><div class=""><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;" class="">Post-doc Fellow</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;" class="">Department of Atmospheric Sciences</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;" class="">Institute of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;" class="">University of Calcutta</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;" class="">Contact: <span style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(203, 0, 142);" class=""><a href="mailto:jiban_samudra18@yahoo.com" class="">jiban_samudra18@yahoo.com</a></span>,<span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;color:rgb(156, 0, 92);" class=""> <a href="mailto:jayantibright@gmail.com" class="">jayantibright@gmail.com</a></span></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;" class="">Ph. 8013906997</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class=""></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">ncl-install mailing list<br class="">List instructions, subscriber options, unsubscribe:<br class=""><a href="http://mailman.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/ncl-install" class="">http://mailman.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/ncl-install</a><br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>