[ncl-install] Plotting example failure for NCL 6.40 under Ubuntu

[Mary Haley]

Hi John,

This is a known issue that we see on Ubuntu systems.

Hopefully the binary you have comes with a "fixed" binary called
"ncl.xq.fix".

Try this:

First verify that you have ncl.xq.fix and that it echoes version 6.4.0:

which ncl.xq.fix
ncl.xq.fix -V

If it appears to be there, then type this:

ng4ex gsun01n -n
ncl.xq.fix gsun01n.ncl

If this seems to work, then you can move "ncl" to something else, and move
"ncl.xq.fix" to "ncl":

mv $NCARG_ROOT/bin/ncl $NCARG_ROOT/bin/ncl.bad
mv $NCARG_ROOT/bin/ncl.xq.fix $NCARG_ROOT/bin/ncl

You can now use "ncl" as before.

If you don't have "ncl.xq.fix", then let me know which binary you
downloaded, and I'll see if I can get one for you.

--Mary



On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 1:24 PM, Trostel, John M. <
john.trostel at gtri.gatech.edu> wrote:

> I upgraded by binaries on my Ubuntu 16.04 to 6.4.0 this afternoon and ran
> the standard "ng4ex gsun01n.ncl" command.  It's been a while and I don't
> remember if this worked with 6.3.0, but for 6.4.0 the example doesn't
> display well in the X11 windows.  By modifying the script to xpgm, and then
> running "ctrans -d X11 gsun01n.ncgm​", the plots look OK.
>
>
> Was a simple fix discovered, that I may have forgotten about, to solve
> this X window problem?
>
>
> --
> John Trostel
> Director - Severe Storms Research Center
> Georgia Tech Research Institute
> Atlanta, GA 30332-0857
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