[ncl-install] problem running graphics

[Craig Miller]

Hi Mary

Whoops, I should have checked the FAQ first. What threw me was that 
Fedora 13 installs the X11 libraries as part of the base installation, 
which meant that I could locate the Xext library, but specifying the 
library path didn't help when trying to compile cpex08. I eventually 
figured out that I had to include the development libraries as well, 
which in Fedora 13 can be done from the System > Administration > 
Add/Remove Software menu by searching for the keyword X11 and then 
selecting the appropriate packages for installation. You can presumably 
also do this by opening a terminal window, and running yum or sudo.

You can also install NCL using the same process, although there are four 
separate packages to install, rather than the single package you get if 
you download the appropriate precompiled binaries from the Earth System 
Grid website. Doing it this way also seems to remove the need to specify 
NCARG_ROOT and the path for the binary files in the search path, the 
only real problem being that all your binary files for all your 
installed libraries end up in /usr/bin, the include files end up in 
/usr/include and the library files end up in /usr/lib, rather than 
having a separate home directory for each library.

If it's any consolation I've had to go through the same process with all 
the packages required to compile WRF.

Craig

Mary Haley wrote:
> Hi Craig,
>
> Thanks for the helpful email on this. I thought I had this covered at:
>
> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/linux.shtml#InstallSoftware
>
> Are there additional commands you have to run other than the ones mentioned here? I'm not familiar with administering a LINUX system, 
> so I'm not sure what the latest requirements are for installing the X11 development libraries.
>
> --Mary
>