[ncl-install] NCL on Intel Core 2 Quad

[Mary Haley]

Hi Somesh,

As Daniel stated, you need to have the DAP library installed. 

You can also try downloading a non-OPeNDAP version of NCL, if you don't need this capability.

http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/linux.shtml#SharedLibraries

--Mary

On Sep 10, 2010, at 1:14 PM, Dr. Someshwar Das wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to run some of the utilities provided for WRF Data Assimilation tutorial (gen_be_global_evecs.ncl) on a PC Intel Core 2 Quad, having LINUX Fidora 9.0 with ifort & icc compilers. Details of the machine specifications are given at the end. I had installed pre-compiled binary of the NCAR graphics (ncl_ncarg-5.0.0.Linux_i686_opendap_gcc4.tar.gz). Further, I have installed the 'ncl' today using,
> 
> yum -y install ncl  
> 
> I am getting a silly problem. I am not able to use the command 'ncl'. It gives the following error message:
> 
> ncl: error while loading shared libraries: libdap.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> 
> However, I am able to generate plots based on the NCAR graphics using some of the other WRF tutorial utilities, such as Map_plot.exe, etc. I am also able to view the 'gmeta' file generated by the plot utilities by using 'idt'.
> 
> I shall appreciate your help to resolve the above error. Thank you.
> 
> Regards,
> Somesh
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> Machine specifications: PC
> ---------------------------------
> 
> Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad, Q6600, 2.4 GHz, 1066 BUS, 8 MB
> Motherboard: Intel DG33FB, RAM 4 GB, HDD 400 GB (ID)
> Graphics: Intel GMA 3100 With PCI Express X16 Slot
> OS: LINUX Fidora 9.0, i686/ IA-32
> =================================================
> 
> 
> 

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