[ncl-install] command line issues

Wed Dec 14 09:41:04 MST 2011

Dear Matt,

I've installed NCL on our Cray XE6 at CSCS. Please find attached the compilers flags (compile_6.0.0_env) and the procedure (README) used to compile NCL.

Hope this helps,
Oli

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ncl-install-bounces at ucar.edu [mailto:ncl-install-bounces at ucar.edu]
> On Behalf Of Matt McKenzie
> Sent: Mittwoch, 14. Dezember 2011 17:24
> To: Mary Haley
> Cc: ncl-install at ucar.edu
> Subject: Re: [ncl-install] command line issues
> 
> Mary,
> Could you give me some pointers on installing it on a Cray?  I've gone through
> our previous version's install scripts (we use build scripts to compile our
> packages on Kraken). I'll be using GNU compilers like you suggested.  Cray's
> have optimized compiler wrappers, so instead of calling gcc, I'll be calling cc
> (gfortran, its ftn and g++ it is CC).
> I am not certain on how the build goes though.  It seems it builds multiple
> packages sequentially.  Do you have any web documentation for this?
> thanks and cheers
> matt
> 
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Mary Haley <haley at ucar.edu> wrote:
> >
> > On Dec 13, 2011, at 9:46 AM, Matt McKenzie wrote:
> >
> >> We have various version of gcc, with 4.6.2 as the latest.  Kraken is
> >> a 64-bit AMD system.  Nautilus is a 64-Intel (all functionality
> >> tested is fine).  Do you think this will be a problem?
> >
> > It could be an issue that Kraken is an AMD system and not an Intel system. I
> know that in general, Linux binaries should be compatible across systems,
> but I've seen problems where you couldn't run a RedHat binary on a Debian
> system, even though they had the same gcc compiler.
> >
> > My recommendation is to go ahead and try the 6.0.0 binary, and if this
> doesn't work, then try building from source code. I will help with this.
> >
> > --Mary
> >
> >
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Mary Haley <haley at ucar.edu> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> 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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Matthew McKenzie, Ph.D.
> >> HPC Consultant
> >> National Institute for Computational Sciences
> >
> >
> >
> 
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