[ncl-install] command line issues

[Mary Haley]

On Dec 13, 2011, at 9:24 AM, Matt McKenzie wrote:

> Thanks Mary,
> One of the fun things working at a supercomputing center is the (lack
> of) knowledge of where and which version were download & installed
> months or years ago. The files we have installed are
> ncl_ncarg-5.2.1.Linux_x86_64_nodap_gcc432.tar.gz  and
> ncl_ncarg_src-5.2.1.tar.gz .

The latter file with the "src" in the name is just the source code. The other file contains a 64-bit Linux version that was built on a Debian system.

Is this a 64-bit Intel system? Do you have gcc on your system, and is it at version 4.3.x?

I agree with Andy that you should try to download a newer NCL (V6.0.0). I'm not sure this will fix your problem, however. I have a feeling that you may need to build from source code. However, it's worth trying V6.0.0, and if that doesn't work, I can help you build NCL from source code.

--Mary



> 
> Thanks to Andrew Mai, I checked our installed version 5.0.0 on
> Nautilus (SGI SMP cluster) and this issue does not appear there.  I
> may try to install the latest version.
> 
> cheers
> matt
> 
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Mary Haley <haley at ucar.edu> wrote:
>> Hi Matt,
>> 
>> Did you build NCL from source code or download a precompiled binary? If downloaded a precompiled binary, which one did you download?
>> 
>> We don't have precompiled binaries specifically for Linux-based Cray systems, but from the seg fault, it sounds like maybe you downloaded the incorrect binary for your system.
>> 
>> --Mary
>> 
>> On Dec 13, 2011, at 7:36 AM, Matt McKenzie wrote:
>> 
>>> Greetings
>>> I am working with a researchers and they use NCL - I am no expert at
>>> it, it is a very good tool.  We've found a bug/ issue with setting
>>> variables on the command line.  All other NCL functionality works
>>> properly. The version of NCL you are running (ncl -V   this command
>>> works fine).
>>> Both 5.0.0 and 5.2.1
>>> 
>>> The shortest NCL script possible that illustrates the bug.
>>> krakenpf7(XT5):~> ncl -n 'x=10'
>>> Copyright (C) 1995-2010 - All Rights Reserved
>>> University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
>>> NCAR Command Language Version 5.2.1
>>> The use of this software is governed by a License Agreement.
>>> See http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ for more details.
>>> Segmentation fault
>>> 
>>> Any data files needed to run your script.
>>> Just variables and command line.
>>> 
>>> A graphic (PostScript file, PDF file, NCGM file, etc.) that
>>> illustrates the problem.
>>> See text above.
>>> 
>>> The exact error message (if any).
>>> See above.  It can run ncl scripts, set variables within the ncl
>>> interface- just not command line.
>>> 
>>> The type of system you're on (usually "uname -a" is enough).
>>> NICS - Kraken (Cray machine)
>>> 
>>> Any suggestions would be great, many thanks & cheers
>>> matt
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Matthew McKenzie, Ph.D.
>>> HPC Consultant
>>> National Institute for Computational Sciences
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>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Matthew McKenzie, Ph.D.
> HPC Consultant
> National Institute for Computational Sciences