[ncl-install] Error message: fatal:Could not open ($NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl)

[Mary Haley]

A quick correction here, it's the "shea_util.ncl" file that had the
problem, and not the "contributed.ncl" file.

--Mary


On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 8:44 AM, Mary Haley <haley at ucar.edu> wrote:

> Rebecca,
>
> To address the "mreg_part_corr" issue: we have taken extra steps to make
> sure this doesn't happen in the future that we forget an "undef" before a
> newly defined function.  So, yes, 6.4.0 will fix this problem.
>
> Perhaps your 6.2.1
>
> We do plan to release NCL 6.4.0 this month. I'm in the process of building
> and testing binaries.
>
> In fact, if you would like to receive NCL V6.4.0 and be one of our guinea
> pigs, I would be happy to tar it up for you. It would be invaluable to us
> if you could test this against ESMValTool. I just need to know what kind of
> system you have. Or, if you can tell me which 6.2.1 binary you downloaded.
>
> As for the 6.2.1 issue at hand, I am stumped. But, could you try the
> attached script and see if it also gives you problems?  I've attached the
> small data file.  This script is just going to produce a bunch of output,
> but it does require the contributed.ncl library, and I want to see if it
> still has trouble being loaded.
>
> --Mary
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 2:59 AM, Thomas, Rebecca T <
> r.thomas14 at imperial.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi Mary,
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, I also thought that might be the issue too but I checked and its
>> definitely there (I also checked permissions and they are all fine):
>>
>>
>>
>> ls $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/
>>
>> ccm_func.ncl
>>
>> contributed.ncl
>>
>> diagnostics_cam.ncl
>>
>> gsn_code.ncl
>>
>> gsn_csm.ncl
>>
>> popRemap.ncl
>>
>> shea_util.ncl
>>
>> skewt_func.ncl
>>
>> wind_rose.ncl
>>
>>
>>
>> I’ve been told the reason I can use ncl v 6.3 is because:
>>
>>                          A missing "undef" before the declaration of the
>> function "mreg_part_corr" in the NCL library “$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl”
>> causes the ESMValTool to crash when this library is loaded more than once
>> within the same execution. This unfortunately happens quite often within
>> the tool, since libraries can be loaded multiple times within the various
>> scripts.
>>
>>
>>
>> If this is something that has been fixed in version 6.4, then I’m happy
>> to wait until that’s released (apparently sometime this month), and
>> hopefully the issue I’m having will fix itself?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Rebecca
>>
>>
>>
>> *From: *Mary Haley <haley at ucar.edu>
>> *Date: *Wednesday, 15 February 2017 20:23
>> *To: *"Thomas, Rebecca T" <r.thomas14 at imperial.ac.uk>
>> *Cc: *"HAVENER, KEVIN F GS-12 USAF ACC 14 WS/WXED" <
>> kevin.havener at us.af.mil>, "ncl-install at ucar.edu" <ncl-install at ucar.edu>
>> *Subject: *Re: [ncl-install] Error message: fatal:Could not open
>> ($NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl)
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Rebecca,
>>
>>
>>
>> This may seem like a "is it plugged in" kind of question, but is there
>> actually a contributed.ncl file in that directory?
>>
>>
>>
>> ls $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl
>>
>>
>>
>> NCL Version 6.2.1 should definitely have that file, but you didn't say
>> how you installed NCL, and it's possible that your "ncarg" directory got
>> installed somewhere other than in $NCARG_ROOT/lib.
>>
>>
>>
>> --Mary
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 6:50 AM, Thomas, Rebecca <
>> r.thomas14 at imperial.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Kevin,
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately it didn’t fix the problem.
>>
>> Rebecca
>>
>>
>> On 15/02/2017 13:16, "HAVENER, KEVIN F GS-12 USAF ACC 14 WS/WXED" <
>> kevin.havener at us.af.mil> wrote:
>>
>>     I would export you NCARG environment in .bashrc not .bash_profile.
>>  In my experience, I've been bitten too many times by the the fact that the
>> .bash_profile belongs to login shells, and .bashrc is more general applying
>> to subshells and such.  So in my .bash_profile II just tend to source my
>> .bshrc and keep my configuration there.
>>
>>     Kevin Havener
>>
>>     -----Original Message-----
>>     From: ncl-install-bounces at ucar.edu [mailto:ncl-install-bounces at uc
>> ar.edu] On Behalf Of Thomas, Rebecca
>>     Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 5:30 AM
>>     To: ncl-install at ucar.edu
>>     Subject: [ncl-install] Error message: fatal:Could not open
>> ($NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl)
>>
>>     Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>>     I’ve just installed ncl 6.2.1 and am getting the following error
>> message when I try to run a scrip:
>>
>>
>>
>>     fatal:Could not open ($NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscri
>> pts/csm/contributed.ncl)
>>
>>
>>
>>     I have looked through posts from other people who have had similar
>> error messages, but I’m sure my NCARG_ROOT environment is correctly set:
>>
>>
>>
>>     In my .bash_profile I have:
>>
>>
>>
>>     export NCARG_ROOT=/usr/local/ncl-6.2.1
>>
>>     export PATH=$NCARG_ROOT/bin:$PATH
>>
>>
>>
>>     And I have run the following checks:
>>
>>
>>
>>     env | grep NCARG
>>
>>     NCARG_ROOT=/usr/local/ncl-6.2.1
>>
>>
>>
>>     which ncl
>>
>>     /usr/local/ncl-6.2.1/bin/ncl
>>
>>
>>
>>     ncl -V
>>
>>     6.2.1
>>
>>
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>>     Rebecca
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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