[ncl-install] Test version of NCL 6.4.0

[Mary Haley]

Benita,

I got a beta version of NCL 6.4.0 compiled under Windows 10 if you want to
try it out.

If you haven't done so in awhile, I first recommend downloading the latest
"setup-x86.exe" program from http://x.cygwin.com/, and running it with all
the default options (it should detect what options you used before). This
will cause Cygwin to update any packages that are old. You may want to
search for "wget" and install this program if you don't already have it
under Cygwin.

Once X/Cygwin is updated, you can download and install the test version of
NCL 6.4.0.

First, open a Cygwin Terminal window.

Then, if you have "wget", you can simply type:

    wget ftp.ucar.edu:
/pub/scd/haley/ncl_ncarg-6.4.0-beta.CYGWIN_NT-10.0-WOW_i686.tar.gz

If you don't have "wget", then you can get the file via a web browser.
Point it at:

ftp://ftp.ucar.edu/pub/scd/haley/

and you should see the file.

Once you have the file downloaded, use your file explorer window under
Windows to move the file into your c:/cygwin/home/xxxxx directory, where
"xxxx" represents your home directory.

You can install NCL wherever you want.  If you want it in
/home/benita/NCL/6.4.0-beta, then from the Cygwin terminal window type:

   mkdir  /home/benita/NCL
   mkdir  /home/benita/NCL/6.4.0-beta
   cd /home/benita/NCL/6.4.0-beta
   tar -zxvf ~/ncl_ncarg-6.4.0-beta.CYGWIN_NT-10.0-WOW_i686.tar.gz


You need to setenv NCARG_ROOT to the parent directory and make sure
$NCARG_ROOT/bin is on your search path:

csh/tcsh:

  setenv NCARG_ROOT /home/benita/NCL/6.4.0-beta
  setenv PATH $NCARG_ROOT/bin:$PATH

bash/sh/ksh:

  export NCARG_ROOT=/home/benita/NCL/6.4.0-beta
  export PATH=$NCARG_ROOT/bin:$PATH

Put these two commands inside your .bashrc, .cshrc, or .bash_profile file
in your home directory, so you don't have to type them every time you log
in.

To quickly test that you are using the new NCL, type:

   ncl -V

It should say something like: "6.4.0-27July2016_0830".

If you want to test whether you can run an NCL graphics program and have it
display to an X11 window, then please see these instructions on how to
start up an xterm:

http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/cygwin.shtml#RunCygwinX

>From the xterm, you should be able to type:

  ng4ex xy01n -clean

or

  ncl $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclex/xyplot/xy01n.ncl

This will pop up a window with a sample XY plot. Click on this window with
your left mouse button and it will go away.
You can remove the "~/ncl_ncarg-6.4.0-beta.CYGWIN_NT-10.0-WOW_i686.tar.gz"
file as you no longer need it.

--Mary

On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Mary Haley <haley at ucar.edu> wrote:

> Benita,
>
> I haven't compiled the test/development version of NCL under Cygwin yet.
> I just upgraded to Windows 10, but hopefully that won't be an issue with
> people who are running older versions of NCL.
>
> I will try to do NCL 6.4.0 on Cygwin this week.  Please email me offline
> later this week to remind me, because I usually have 20 other things going
> on.  :-)
>
> --Mary
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 7:12 AM, Tam, Benita (EC) <benita.tam at canada.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> I would like to test out the latest version of NCL (6.4). I currently use
>> NCL through Cygwin.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Benita
>>
>>
>>
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