[ncl-install] Installing OpenDAP ncl

[Mary Haley]

On Nov 18, 2010, at 11:54 AM, Carl Schreck wrote:

> Thanks Mary.  The Debian one works.  I still get these warnings:
>
> ncl: /home/cschreck/lib64/libssl.so.0.9.8: no version information
> available (required by ncl)
> ncl: /home/cschreck/lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.8: no version information
> available (required by ncl)
>
> but it sounds like that's Ok.
>
> Just so I know for the future...  Is there something that should have
> told me that I needed Debian?  Here are my gcc --version and uname -a:
>
> gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-48)
> Linux eyewall.ncdc.noaa.gov 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 #1 SMP Fri Oct 29
> 14:21:16 EDT 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>

In my opinion, the LINUX binaries should work across different  
systems. For some reason,
however, the RedHat ones sometimes cause problems on other systems, so  
I created
binaries on Debian just to see if this fixes things.  The Debian ones  
seem to work
more seamlessly across different flavors.

--Mary

>
>   Carl
>
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Mary Haley <haley at ucar.edu> wrote:
>> Carl,
>> The GLIBC problem may be related to you using a version of NCL that  
>> is not
>> quite compatible
>> for your system.
>> What version of gcc (gcc --version) are you running, and what  
>> flavor of
>> LINUX?
>> You might try downloading the Debian binary instead of the RedHat  
>> one.
>> ncl_ncarg-5.2.1.Linux_Debian_x86_64_gcc412.tar.gz
>> --Mary
>> On Nov 18, 2010, at 11:13 AM, Carl Schreck wrote:
>> Hi Mary,
>>
>> Thanks for your help.  When I run "locate libssl.so.0.9.8", it finds
>> "libssl.so.0.9.8e".  I'm not sure if that's close enough.
>>
>> As a workaround, I made a directory and put symbolic links in it to
>> the closest equivalents I could find for the missing libraries.  It
>> looks something like:
>>
>> libcrypto.so.0.9.8 -> libcrypto.so.0.9.8e
>> libgfortran.so.3 -> libgfortran.so.1
>> libssl.so.0.9.8 -> libssl.so.0.9.8e
>>
>> When I add that directory to my LD_LIBRARY_PATH file I get this  
>> error:
>>
>> ./ncl: /home/cschreck/lib64/libgfortran.so.3: no version information
>> available (required by ./ncl)
>> ./ncl: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.7' not found (required  
>> by ./ncl)
>> ./ncl: /home/cschreck/lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.8: no version  
>> information
>> available (required by ./ncl)
>> ./ncl: /home/cschreck/lib64/libssl.so.0.9.8: no version information
>> available (required by ./ncl)
>>
>> I'm hoping to get opendap to wo odel data from
>> NOMADS for a real-time weather page that I'm working on.  I may have
>> to just download the data instead.
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>     Carl
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Mary Haley <haley at ucar.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Carl,
>>
>> Please visit this page and see if it helps:
>>
>> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/linux.shtml#SharedLibraries
>>
>> The "locate" command should be helpful in determining if you have the
>>
>> libraries in a non-standard location, or if you have to install them.
>>
>> If you don't need OPeNDAP capabilities, then I recommend installing
>>
>> the non-OPeNDAP version.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> --Mary
>>
>> On Nov 17, 2010, at 2:40 PM, Carl Schreck wrote:
>>
>> I am trying to install the openDAP-enabled version of NCL.  The
>>
>> specific binary that I am using is
>>
>> ncl_ncarg-5.2.1.Linux_RedHat_x86_64_gcc412.tar.gz
>>
>> When I try to run ncl, I get this error:
>>
>> ncl: error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.0.9.8: cannot
>>
>> open shared object file: No such file or directory
>>
>> And it immediately quits.  I have had no issues with the non-openDAP
>>
>> version in the past.  Are there any fixes or workarounds that I can
>>
>> try?
>>
>>      Carl
>>
>> --
>>
>> Carl J. Schreck, III
>>
>> Postdoctoral Research Associate
>>
>> Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS-NC)
>>
>> NOAA's National Climatic Data Center
>>
>> 151 Patton Avenue
>>
>> Asheville, NC 28801
>>
>> carl.schreck at noaa.gov
>>
>> http://www.atmos.albany.edu/student/carl/
>>
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>> --
>> Car doctoral Research Associate
>> Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS-NC)
>> NOAA's National Climatic Data Center
>> 151 Patton Avenue
>> Asheville, NC 28801
>> Tel: 828-257-3140
>> carl.schreck at noaa.gov
>> http://www.atmos.albany.edu/student/carl/
>>
>>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Carl J. Schreck, III
> Postdoctoral Research Associate
> Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS-NC)
> NOAA's National Climatic Data Center
> 151 Patton Avenue
> Asheville, NC 28801
> Tel: 828-257-3140
> carl.schreck at noaa.gov
> http://www.atmos.albany.edu/student/carl/