[ncl-install] ncl install problems on a 2009 Apple laptop

[Mary Haley]

Sorry, I introduced an error myself! The example below 
should be NCARG_ROOT, not NCARG. But hopefully you got the 
gist of it.

--Mary

On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 09:35:41 +0800
  "Erik Noble" <enoble at giss.nasa.gov> wrote:
> Thank you. I see my mistake.-Erik
> 
> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 5:15 AM, Mary Haley 
><haley at ucar.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Erik,
>>
>> You are not setting NCARG_ROOT correctly.  In bash, use:
>>
>> export NCARG=/usr/local
>>
>> or
>>
>> NCARG=/usr/local
>> export NCARG
>>
>> Note there's no "set".
>>
>> You are doing the correct thing with PATH.
>>
>> --Mary
>>
>>
>> On Jan 8, 2009, at 12:14 PM, Erik Noble wrote:
>>
>>  Hi. Thank you for this.
>>> I am still getting the same error. My .bashrc file is 
>>>set to the root
>>> directory.
>>>
>>> dambadarjaa-ariunzayas-macbook:~ dambadarjaaariunzaya$ 
>>>cat .bashrc
>>> set NCARG_ROOT=/usr/local/
>>> export NCARG_ROOT
>>> PATH=$PATH:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local
>>> export PATH
>>>
>>> dambadarjaa-ariunzayas-macbook:~ dambadarjaaariunzaya$ 
>>>which ncl
>>> /usr/local/bin/ncl
>>>
>>> ambadarjaa-ariunzayas-macbook:~ dambadarjaaariunzaya$ 
>>>ncl
>>>  Copyright (C) 1995-2007 - All Rights Reserved
>>>  University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
>>>  NCAR Command Language Version 5.0.0
>>>  The use of this software is governed by a License 
>>>Agreement.
>>>  See http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ for more details.
>>> warning:Unable to Get System Resource File Name?
>>> warning:Unable to load System Resource File (null)
>>> fatal:GetSysAppDir:Unable to get a default value for the 
>>>system App
>>> Resource directory
>>> warning:["Resources.c":734]:Unable to set appSysDir to 
>>>default value -
>>> Using NULL
>>> fatal:GetSysAppDir:Unable to get a default value for the 
>>>system App
>>> Resource directory
>>> warning:["Resources.c":734]:Unable to set appSysDir to 
>>>default value -
>>> Using NULL
>>> warning:Unable to Get System Resource File Name?
>>> Segmentation fault
>>> dambadarjaa-ariunzayas-macbook:~ dambadarjaaariunzaya$ 
>>>cat .bashrc
>>> set NCARG_ROOT=/usr/local/
>>> export NCARG_ROOT
>>> PATH=$PATH:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local
>>> export PATH
>>> dambadarjaa-ariunzayas-macbook:~ dambadarjaaariunzaya$ 
>>>which ncl
>>> /usr/local/bin/ncl
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 2:43 AM, Mary Haley 
>>><haley at ucar.edu> wrote:
>>> Erik,
>>>
>>> Please see:
>>>
>>> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/FAQ/#err_msgs_001
>>>
>>> --Mary
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 8, 2009, at 10:17 AM, Erik Noble wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi. I need some help unerstading why I'm getting an 
>>>error while intalling
>>> NCL on a brand new Apple laptop.
>>> New = leopard...etc...etc.
>>> I followed all steps on "Getting started" page.
>>>
>>> When I type "ncl" in the command line I get this:
>>> dambadarjaa-ariunzayas-macbook:~ dambadarjaaariunzaya$ 
>>>ncl
>>>  Copyright (C) 1995-2007 - All Rights Reserved
>>>  University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
>>>  NCAR Command Language Version 5.0.0
>>>  The use of this software is governed by a License 
>>>Agreement.
>>>  See http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ for more details.
>>> warning:Unable to Get System Resource File Name?
>>> warning:Unable to load System Resource File (null)
>>> fatal:GetSysAppDir:Unable to get a default value for the 
>>>system App
>>> Resource directory
>>> warning:["Resources.c":734]:Unable to set appSysDir to 
>>>default value -
>>> Using NULL
>>> fatal:GetSysAppDir:Unable to get a default value for the 
>>>system App
>>> Resource directory
>>> warning:["Resources.c":734]:Unable to set appSysDir to 
>>>default value -
>>> Using NULL
>>> warning:Unable to Get System Resource File Name?
>>> Segmentation fault
>>> dambadarjaa-ariunzayas-macbook:~ dambadarjaaariunzaya$
>>>
>>> Has anyone encountered this before? I searched the 
>>>archives- none there.
>>> Could I have a suggestion?
>>> Thank you for your time.
>>>
>>> Sincerely, Erik
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