[ncl-install] ncl binaries

[Mary Haley]

Hi Stephanie,

It looks like maybe you didn't download the correct binaries for your  
system. The "ia64" indicates they are for an itanium system.
My guess is that you have an x86_64 system.

You can type "uname -m" on the UNIX command line to see if it says  
"x86_64".

If it does, I recommend downloading one of the x86_64 Debian binaries.  
They should still work, even on a SUSE machine.
If uname -m reports something like "i686", then download one of the  
Debian i686 binaries.

--Mary

On Oct 11, 2011, at 8:23 AM, Stephanie Landman wrote:

> Good day,
>
> I have downloaded the  
> ncl_ncarg-6.0.0.Linux_SUSE_ia64_nodap_gcc412.tar.gz binary for my  
> openSUSE machine:
> x86_64 and gcc (SUSE Linux) 4.5.1 20101208.
>
> Once I have the file untarred and /usr/local/lib and /usr/local/bin  
> directories updated I get (and many more);
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 8338 11992 55831656 May 27 21:36 ncl
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 8338 11992    31854 May 27 21:36 ng4ex
>
> I try to run the command ng4ex gsun01n - I then get the error message:
> /usr/local/bin/ncargpath: Exec format error. Binary file not  
> executable.
> However, if I locate ncargpath, I get:
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 8338 11992 27197 May 25 16:20 ncargpath
>
> The NCL executable also does not seem to be working. The command / 
> usr/local/bin/ncl gives me:
> -bash: /usr/local/bin/ncl: cannot execute binary file
>
> Any guidance to addressing these errors will be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Stephanie
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