[ncl-install] NCL Error; if: missing file name

[Mary Haley]

Hi Ben,

The issue is usually to do with Cygwin and not Windows. However, I don't
have access to test Windows 10, so I can't be positive of this.

You need to make sure you are running a fairly recent version of a 32-bit
version of Cygwin.

To check if you have a 32-bit Cygwin, what does the following report from a
Cygwin terminal window:

uname -a

Finally, which version of NCL did you install? Hopefully it was the NCL
V6.3.0 Cygwin binary downloaded from the ESG website:

ncl_​ncarg-​6.​3.​0.​CYGWIN_​NT-​6.​1-​WOW64_​i686.​tar.​gz
<https://www.earthsystemgrid.org/download/fileDownload.htm?logicalFileId=e08a86ff-cd9a-11e4-bb80-00c0f03d5b7c>

If none of this sheds a light on the problem, then it could be a Windows 10
issue. In that case, I will have to find a Windows 10 system to test on, or
else recomment that you try a Linux VM (virtual machine). Do you have any
experience with Linux VMs?

--Mary


On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 12:10 AM, Ben Toms <benatoms at gmail.com> wrote:

> As an additional bit of info:
>
> I am running Cygwin on Windows 10.  Are there any known issues with
> running NCL on Windows 10?
>
> -Ben
>
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 12:09 AM, Ben Toms <benatoms at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have had issues troubleshooting an error I get when trying to run any
>> ncl commands on CYGWIN.
>>
>> When running commands, I immediately receive the following error output:
>> if: missing file name
>>
>> I've ensured that I have added:
>>
>>     export NCARG_ROOT=/usr/local
>>     export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
>>
>> to my .bashrc file.
>>
>> A further possibly related issue I have found is when typing "ncl -V" to
>> check the version of ncl installed, there is no output in bash.  I have
>> followed the instructions on the
>> https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/cygwin.shtml#InstallCygwinX website.
>> Any ideas of what could be going wrong?
>>
>> Best,
>> Ben Toms
>>
>
>
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