[ncl-install] Help - Run NCL under Cygwin/X

[Mary Haley]

On Nov 9, 2012, at 4:53 AM, Luise Beichert wrote:

> Dear Sir or Madam, 
> 
> I have a problem to install and run NCL on my computer (system software Windows 7, 64 bit). 
> 
> I installed Cygwin/X, like described in your instructions in the default path C:\\cygwin... with all packages mentioned on your help and in the 'Cygwin/X User's Guide'. I can run it and it has a home directory. 
> 
> Afterwards I downloaded NCL (Version 6.1.0 for Cygwin) and put the *.tar.gz file in my home directory. Using Cygwin and the command gunzip c://cygwin/home/... I unziped the file (without 'c:/' i got the error: No such file or directory). But I can't utilise the next command: tar -xvf c://cygwin/home..., there is the error: tar: Cannot connect to c: decomposition failed. So I manually integrated the files in my home directory using 7-Zip. 
> 
> Then I copied as described the additonal code lines 
>         export NCARG_ROOT=/usr/local 
>         export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH 
> and 
>         export DISPLAY=0.0 
> in the .bashrc file. (I don't know, if I have to put a '#' at the begining of every line, but i found no difference yet). 
> Unfortunately there is no .cshrc file, so I couldn't add the two setenv-commands. Anyway I can use the C-shell. Typing 'which csh' or 'which tcsh' gives '/usr/local/(t)csh'. And I'm sure, that the 'tcsh'-package is installed. 
> 
> Finally I tested NCL, but it didn't work. Typing 'ncl -V' gives 'bash: ncl: command not found.' 
> 
> Actually I don't know, what to do different. I have administrators access rights and I added already a path ' C:\cygwin\bin' to system enviroment variables. But I'm not sure, if I unziped all files correctly in the right folders. 
> 
> Thank you for your contribution to help me. Kind regards. 

Dear Luise,

Please type the following and let me know what it says:

ls /usr/local
ls /usr/local/bin

I'm trying to determine if the zip command you used worked properly.

You didn't indicate exactly how you were typing the "gunzip" command, but I think you may want to go back and try this again. It would help if you include the full command that you type and the error.

Thanks,

--Mary


> 
> -- 
> Luise Beichert 
> 
> Institut für Quantenoptik 
> Leibniz Universität Hannover 
> Welfengarten 1 
> 30167 Hannover 
> Germany 
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