[ncl-install] Building NCL from source

Thu Jan 18 23:47:34 MST 2018

Hi Kevin,
                Here you go - an almost flawless installation from source
except for this one - -lsz. Is that the szip library ? That is installed
under /usr/local/lib.

On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 11:27 AM, ashwin .D <winash12 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Kevin,
>                It seems that I have to head down that route. I have
> enclosed the latest log files from the install from source code. The inconv
> errors and bz2 errors are gone but there is an error related to HDF5 and
> another one related to the cairo. The cairo one is a bit odd because the
> file ft2build.h is found under /usr/include/freeman2. So while I could like
> to continue building from source I think I will in parallel also install
> the binaries and see how that goes.
>
> Regards,
> Ashwin.
>
> On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 11:19 PM, Kevin Hallock <hallock at ucar.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ashwin,
>>
>> I was able to get the “ncl_ncarg-6.4.0-Debian8.6_64bit_gnu492.tar.gz”
>> binary from our download page
>> <https://www.earthsystemgrid.org/dataset/ncl.640.dap/file.html> to work
>> on Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit, although I did have to install several packages
>> using apt:
>> sudo apt install libxrender1 libfontconfig1 gfortran-4.9
>>
>> I hope this helps!
>> Kevin
>>
>> On Jan 18, 2018, at 10:35 AM, ashwin .D <winash12 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Kevin,
>>               Thanks I will try that and let you know tomorrow. I am
>> running 16.04 LTS 64 bit Ubuntu.
>>
>> Ashwin.
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 11:01 PM, Kevin Hallock <hallock at ucar.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Ashwin,
>>>
>>> As Ted mentioned, you will likely have to manually specify “lib” and
>>> “include” directories when running the Configure script.
>>>
>>> For example, on my Mac I would enter the following when prompted:
>>> Enter local library search path(s) : /opt/X11/lib
>>> Enter Return (default), new directories, or q(quit) >
>>> /Users/hallock/dev/external/lib /opt/X11/lib
>>>
>>> Enter local include search path(s) : /opt/X11/include
>>> Enter Return (default), new directories, or q(quit) >
>>> /Users/hallock/dev/external/include /Users/hallock/dev/external/include/freetype2
>>> /opt/X11/include
>>>
>>> In this case, “/Users/hallock/dev/external” is where I have my
>>> non-system dependencies (NetCDF, HDF, etc) installed, while “/opt/X11” is
>>> where the X11 libraries are installed on my Mac. If you’ve already run the
>>> Configure script and would prefer not to rerun it repeatedly, you can
>>> directly modify the file “config/Site.local” in the NCL source code. After
>>> inputting the above directories when prompted by Configure, the relevant
>>> lines of my config/Site.local look like this:
>>> #define LibSearch -L/Users/hallock/dev/external/lib -L/opt/X11/lib
>>> #define IncSearch -I/Users/hallock/dev/external/include
>>> -I/Users/hallock/dev/external/include/freetype2 -I/opt/X11/include
>>>
>>> These directories are specific to my machine, but hopefully this gives
>>> you some idea how to proceed.
>>>
>>> Are you currently running Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit? It’s possible that one of
>>> our binary releases is already compatible with Ubuntu 14.04, it just might
>>> take some trial and error to get NCL running. If not, which Linux
>>> distribution are you using?
>>>
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>> On Jan 17, 2018, at 9:12 AM, Ted Mansell <ted.mansell at noaa.gov> wrote:
>>>
>>> It sounds like you may have to manually specify the location of the x
>>> libs, or else put sym links in /usr to point to the correct location.
>>>
>>> -- Ted
>>>
>>> __________________________________________________________
>>> | Edward Mansell <ted.mansell at noaa.gov>
>>> | National Severe Storms Laboratory
>>> |--------------------------------------------------------------
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>>>
>>> On Jan 17, 2018, at 7:48 AM, ashwin .D via ncl-install <
>>> ncl-install at ucar.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Kevin,
>>>               it is still failing. It is looking for local library
>>> support i.e. /usr/X11R6/lib64 and it is not finding it in my machine and I
>>> am not sure what is local library search here.
>>>
>>> Regarding your question on why I am want to build from scratch. Mary
>>> Haley probably remembers but way back in 2014 she had to give me a special
>>> precompiled binary file for Ubuntu 14.04. So I wanted to avoid that by
>>> building my own version.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Ashwin.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 3:02 AM, Kevin Hallock <hallock at ucar.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Ashwin,
>>>>
>>>> In order to build NCL, we usually suggest running “make Everything” in
>>>> order to build all of the necessary components for a complete NCL
>>>> installation. Please see our documentation on building from source:
>>>> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/build_from_src.shtml
>>>>
>>>> When you run the Configure script, the second prompt asks for a “Parent
>>>> installation directory” to install NCL to:
>>>> Parent installation directory : /usr/local/ncarg
>>>> Enter Return (default), new directory, or q(quit) > /path/to/install/ncl
>>>>
>>>> The default is “/usr/local/ncarg”, but you can change this to any
>>>> directory you want (note that the NCL binary will be installed to the “bin”
>>>> subdirectory of the directory you specify, so “/usr/local/ncarg/bin” by
>>>> default or “/path/to/install/ncl/bin” in my example). You can also define
>>>> the installation directory in the file “config/Site.local”:
>>>> #define YmakeRoot /path/to/install/ncl
>>>>
>>>> Building NCL with “make Everything” should install NCL when it’s done
>>>> compiling, but if your user account does not have write privileges to the
>>>> installation directory (this might be a problem for “/usr/local/ncarg”) you
>>>> may need to run “sudo make install” to complete the installation process.
>>>>
>>>> Additionally, it looks like your build did not run successfully. If you
>>>> run the command “grep -C3 'error' $logfile” , where $logfile is your
>>>> make log (“logs” if you use the file you attached to your email), you’ll
>>>> see several errors related to missing libraries, for example:
>>>> gfortran -fPIC -fno-second-underscore -fno-range-check -fopenmp  -O
>>>>   -o tdpackdemo TdpackDemo.o -L../../../.././ncarg2d/src/libncarg
>>>> -lncarg -L../../../.././ncarg2d/src/libncarg_gks -lncarg_gks
>>>> -L../../../.././common/src/libncarg_c -lncarg_c -lcairo -lXrender
>>>> -lfontconfig -lpixman-1 -lfreetype -lexpat -lpng -lz -liconv -lbz2 -lpng
>>>> -lz -L/usr/local/ncarg/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib64  -lX11 -lXext
>>>> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -liconv
>>>> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lbz2
>>>> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
>>>> Makefile:495: recipe for target 'tdpackdemo' failed
>>>> make[4]: *** [tdpackdemo] Error 1
>>>> make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/winash12/meteorology_pr
>>>> oject/ncl_ncarg-6.4.0/ncarg2d/src/bin/tdpackdemo'
>>>>
>>>> In this case, it appears as though the iconv and bzip2 libraries were
>>>> not found by the compiler. You will likely need to install these (and other
>>>> packages) using your system’s package manager (assuming you’re using Linux)
>>>> or build them from source. If they are already installed, you may need to
>>>> adjust the “-I”/“include” and “-L”/“lib” directory paths in
>>>> config/Site.local (these can also be set while running the Configure
>>>> script).
>>>>
>>>> Finally, out of curiosity is there a reason that you’ve chosen to build
>>>> NCL from source instead of installing a pre-compiled binary? I’d be glad to
>>>> continue helping you build NCL from source, but if you do not explicitly
>>>> need to build it yourself it is often much easier to install an NCL binary
>>>> tarball.
>>>>
>>>> I hope this helps!
>>>>
>>>> Kevin
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 14, 2018, at 10:57 PM, ashwin .D via ncl-install <
>>>> ncl-install at ucar.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>           I am trying to build NCL 6.4 from source. Firstly there seems
>>>> to be no .configure file and it is replaced by a Configure file. It does
>>>> compile without any problems but I am not sure where the executables are. I
>>>> have enclosed the logs obtained by typing make install.
>>>> Do you see any issues ? I do not know how to install under
>>>> /usr/local/bin.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Ashwin.
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