[ncl-install] NCL error - libcrypto and libssl plus not able to load gsn_code.ncl

[Mary Haley]

On Mar 10, 2011, at 8:59 PM, Khalia Hill wrote:

> Thank you for your reply.
>
> Is there no way to get around those library dependencies? I am keen  
> to use the openDAP capabilities..
>
> I managed to figure out that although the NCAR_ROOT was set it  
> wasn’t in /etc/profile.d/ncarg.sh. Changing that allowed the program  
> to read $NCARG_ROOT and I am now able to run the scripts.

Are you able to run the scripts even though you're getting an error,  
or is this on another system?

Please see the information at:

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

about fixing the missing *.so problem.

--Mary

>
> Cheers,
> Khalia
>
> From: Mary Haley [mailto:haley at ucar.edu]
> Sent: Friday, 11 March 2011 3:16 AM
> To: Khalia Hill
> Cc: ncl-install at ucar.edu
> Subject: Re: [ncl-install] NCL error - libcrypto and libssl plus not  
> able to load gsn_code.ncl
>
>
> On Mar 9, 2011, at 6:59 PM, Khalia Hill wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I have tried to install the openDAP enabled version 5.2.1 on my  
> laptop which is running Fedora 11.
>
> I have two problems. The first is I get this error when I start ncl
>
> ncl: /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8: no version information is  
> available (required by ncl)
> ncl: /usr/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8: no version information is available  
> (required by ncl)
>
> I do have these two libraries, however I have the newer versions –  
> 0.9.8n. I have tried to create a link from libcrypto.so.0.9.8 to the  
> ‘n’ version which seemed to get rid of these errors for a while but  
> now they have returned. I have also set up the LD_LIBRARY_PATH as  
> described on your website.
>
> Hi Khalia,
>
> If you don't need an OPeNDAP-enabled version of NCL, then I suggest  
> installing the non-OPeNDAP version, which doesn't have dependencies  
> on the above libraries.
>
>
> The second problem is that I’m getting this error when I try to run  
> scripts:
>
> fatal: could not open $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/ 
> gsn_code.ncl
> fatal: error at line 4 in file wrf_Surface.ncl
>
> The above error is indicating that either NCARG_ROOT is not set or  
> it is set incorrectly, or the file simply isn't there.
>
> I'm not sure why it behaves differently when you run it  
> interactively, but are you running it *exactly* the same way?
>
> For example, are you typing:
>
>    ncl wrf_Surface.ncl
>
> and this produces the error, but then running ncl interactively:
>
> ncl
> ncl 0> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"
>
>
> works fine?
>
> This really makes no sense.  I wonder if there's some other kind of  
> error in your wrf_Surface.ncl script.
>
> What happens if you put the line:
>
>  system("ls $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl")
>
> before the load calls?
>
> --Mary
>
>
>
>
>
> However the gsn_code.ncl script does exist in that location, the  
> NCARG_ROOT is set and when I start ncl and type in load “$NCARG_ROOT/ 
> lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl” there is no problem. Do you  
> know when running the script it cannot load the file?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Khalia Hill
>
>
>
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