[ncl-install] NCL install problem

[Mary Haley]

Well that's embarrassing! I've fixed the "macosx.shtml" page to not mention
ng4ex.  It should be enough to use your MacOS spotlight application or file
finder to check for the existence of XQuartz and its version.

I will update the documentation to reflect this.

--Mary


On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 5:17 PM, Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate <
dave.allured at noaa.gov> wrote:

> Lijing,
>
> It appears there is a mistake in the install instructions for Mac OS:
>
>     http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/macosx.shtml
>
> This page tells you to run the ng4ex command before installing NCL.
> Actually, you must complete steps 1 through 4 on the general NCL binary
> install page, before the ng4ex command will work.  ng4ex is part of NCL:
>
>     http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/install.shtml
>
> When you click on the XQuartz icon, an xterm window is the correct
> result.  So it looks like you already installed XQuartz correctly.
>
> Just finish the NCL binary install procedure, steps 1-4, especially
> setting the PATH variable.  Then go back to the specific instructions for
> Mac OS, starting with the ng4ex test.
>
> --Dave
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 1:43 PM, Cheng Lijing <chenglij at mail.iap.ac.cn>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi all
>>
>>
>>     I’ve installed XQuartz (XQuartz-2.7.11.gmg) to my mac (OS X Yosemite
>> 10.10.5).. However, when I type in the terminal window:
>>
>> ng4ex xy01n -clean
>>
>>     The error comes out:
>>
>> -bash: ng4ex: command not found
>>
>>
>>     How can I do with this? Since XQuartz is the first step installing
>> NCL in Mac…I suppose my XQuartz has been installed corrected because when I
>> click the icon of XQuartz, it comes out a xterm window.
>>
>>
>> thanks
>>
>>
>> Lijing
>>
>
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