[ncl-install] NCARG_ROOT

[Mary Haley]

Hi Dave,

NCARG_ROOT needs to be set to the location where you see the "bin", "lib" and "include" directories that got created when you extracted the file.

You currently have "bin", "lib", and "include" in your Download directory, which is not a recommended permanent place to install software.

Normally I would suggest extracting the software in a directory like /usr/local. If you don't have permissions to do that, then you can put it somewhere in your home directory under a directory called "NCL", like "/home/dknollhoff/NCL"  and then setting NCARG_ROOT to /home/dknollhoff/NCL

Did you read this section on how to set NCARG_ROOT for your system:

http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/install.shtml#SetNCARG_ROOT

--Mary


On Jan 20, 2014, at 7:28 PM, dknollhoff at gvtc.com wrote:

> I have downloaded the precompiled binary, ncl_ncarg-6.1.2.Linux_Debian6.0_x86_64_nodap_gcc445.tar.gz.  I extracted the software to the my Download directory.  The .gz file was removed.  Three directories (bin, include and lib) were created.  I do not understand where to set the NCARG_ROOT environment variable? What is the naming convention of the NCL executables and accompanying files and what subdirectory might they found in?  There are examples of how to set the environment variable, but I can not seem to find  any of the example files on my linux system?     
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Dave
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