[ncl-install] Running NCL on NCAR

[RUAN Tao]

Hi  Owando,

   I think the problem is your path to NCARG_ROOT is not correct...

    I guess the /usr/local is not likely to be the directory for ncarg
tools.  It should be something like /usr/local/ncl..... or  
/usr/local/ncarg.....

> Hi Mary,
> This doesnt work either, it gives error massage below,
>
> be1005en$ cp $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclex/gsun01n.ncl .
> cp: cannot stat `/usr/local/lib/ncarg/nclex/gsun01n.ncl': No such file or
> directory
>
> Thank you.
>
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Mary Haley <haley at ucar.edu> wrote:
>
>> Owanda,
>>
>> In the future, please only post installation questions to
>> ncl-install at ucar.edu.
>>
>> It looks like maybe you don't have "/bin/csh" installed.
>>
>> Can you try the following:
>>
>>  cp $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclex/gsun/gsun01n.ncl .
>>  ncl gsun01n.ncl
>>
>> A window should pop up and you can click on it with your left mouse
>> button to advance through the 5 frames of graphics.
>>
>> If this works, then I'm guessing the original problem is that you
>> don't have "/bin/csh" on your system. This is needed in order to run
>> "ng4ex".
>>
>> --Mary
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, Owanda Otieno wrote:
>>
>>  Hi all,
>>>
>>> I am new in this field and therefore in need some BIG help, I want to
>>> run
>>> ncl on ncar computers, and in my home directory, in my .profile file I
>>> add
>>> the following lines.
>>>
>>> # Set path for NCAR Graphics:
>>>
>>> NCARG_ROOT=/usr/local
>>> export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
>>>
>>> when I try to type ng4ex gsun01, i get the following error,
>>>
>>> fatal:syntax error: line 0 before or near gsun01n
>>> ng4ex gsun01n
>>> ------------^
>>>
>>> fatal:error in statement
>>>
>>> Please can someone help.
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>> Vincent Owanda
>>> University of Connecticut
>>> Dept. Natural Resource and Environment.
>>>
>>>
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LJ(RUAN Tao)