[ncl-install] Any luck with Cygwin 64-bit?

[Kevin Hallock]

Hi Helen,

I’m sorry for the delayed response.

Unfortunately, I do not have much experience with the Cygwin builds of NCL, and I’m not certain how much effort it would take to make NCL compatible with the 64-bit version of Cygwin.

I’m not sure if your security team would allow the use of a virtual machine, but installing Linux in a virtual machine using VirtualBox and then installing NCL inside that might allow you to circumvent the need for administrator privileges on your Windows 10 machine.

I hope this helps,
Kevin

> On Apr 17, 2019, at 8:21 AM, Helen Macintyre via ncl-install <ncl-install at ucar.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've recently had to go through reinstalling everything (including Cygwin) due to institute IT security upgrades and migrating to Windows 10.
> 
> As I understand, the 64-bit version of Cygwin has increasing numbers of packages and wondered if anyone knows whether NCL works under the 64-bit version at all yet (i.e. have the packages that NCL needs that are in the 32-bit version made it across to the 64-bit yet?).
> 
> I've looked at the option for running the Linux Bash shell in Windows 10 (which I know is the preferred option), but our site-wide security means this is only possible to run as an administrator, and they have refused to give anyone admin rights to their machines...
> 
> Best wishes,
> Helen
> 
> Dr Helen Macintyre
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