<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Ehsan, you can get the original 2019 version of <b>gsn_code.ncl</b> from inside the original NCL 6.6.2 2019 source code release. This is identical to the 2019 Conda default version of <b>gsn_code.ncl</b>. NCL provides two different ways to download this source code. Please see the section "Download the source code for NCL" on this page:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/build_from_src.shtml#GetNCLSourceCode">https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/build_from_src.shtml#GetNCLSourceCode</a></div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 2, 2025 at 1:22 AM Ehsan Taghizadeh <<a href="mailto:ehsantaghizadeh@yahoo.com">ehsantaghizadeh@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><div><div dir="ltr">Dear Dave,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> <div><div>I've posted the outputs to GitHub issue #176. Please let me know if you need more information.</div><div><br></div><div>As you mentioned, I would like to have the default gsn_code.ncl in Conda. However, as I explained, I can't access it. Could anyone send me the default gsn_code.ncl in Conda, which I believe was the 2019 version?</div><div><br></div><div>Any help would be appreciated.</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"old times",serif;font-size:16px"><div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"old times",serif;font-size:16px"><i><font size="2">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></i></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"old times",serif;font-size:16px"> <div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr"><i><font size="2">Best regards,</font></i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><font size="2">Ehsan Taghizade</font></i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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However, I recommend that you stick with the current stable NCL environment, and do not try to go back to a historical version. It would seem that rewinding can be problematical. The current stable version is well managed by the conda team, and includes significant fixes and updates. If you have new problems with the current stable version, there is on line advice about how to clean or uninstall and reload a conda environment.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>3. You can make copies of the original and experimental versions of <b>gsn_code.ncl</b> in separate private directories. Then you can quickly swap them in and out of any NCL installation without going through any conda procedures.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"><div id="m_998278288595637503ydp5e6e86fbyiv6836819836yqt09489"><div><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Jan 1, 2025 at 5:18 AM Ehsan Taghizadeh <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:ehsantaghizadeh@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ehsantaghizadeh@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"old times",serif;font-size:16px"><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px">Dear Dave,</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px">Thank you again for your follow-up.</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:16px">I tried to upload shapefiles to GitHub, but I encountered the 25 MB file size limitation. My shapefiles are 37 MB. Could you advise me on how to attach these files in one message?</div><div style="font-size:16px"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-size:16px">Additionally, after replacing the gsn_code 2024 version with the previous one, every time I remove the ncl_stable environment and try to reinstall NCL via conda, I encounter the following errors, and the gsn_code 2024 version is replaced:</div><div style="font-size:16px"><br clear="none"></div><div><i><font size="2">Downloading and Extracting Packages:</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2"><br clear="none"></font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">Preparing transaction: done</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">Verifying transaction: \</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">SafetyError: The package for ncl located at /home/taghizade/miniconda3/pkgs/ncl-6.6.2-h7cb714c_54</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">appears to be corrupted. The path 'lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl'</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">has an incorrect size.</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">reported size: 504377 bytes</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">actual size: 509857 bytes</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2"><br clear="none"></font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">ClobberError: This transaction has incompatible packages due to a shared path.</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">packages: conda-forge/linux-64::hdfeos2-2.20-h3e53b52_1004, conda-forge/linux-64::hdfeos5-5.1.16-h51d0b48_17</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">path: 'include/cfortHdf.h'</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2"><br clear="none"></font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">ClobberError: This transaction has incompatible packages due to a shared path.</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">packages: conda-forge/linux-64::hdfeos2-2.20-h3e53b52_1004, conda-forge/linux-64::hdfeos5-5.1.16-h51d0b48_17</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">path: 'include/ease.h'</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2"><br clear="none"></font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">ClobberError: This transaction has incompatible packages due to a shared path.</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">packages: conda-forge/linux-64::hdfeos2-2.20-h3e53b52_1004, conda-forge/linux-64::hdfeos5-5.1.16-h51d0b48_17</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">path: 'include/isin.h'</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2"><br clear="none"></font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">ClobberError: This transaction has incompatible packages due to a shared path.</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">packages: conda-forge/linux-64::hdfeos2-2.20-h3e53b52_1004, conda-forge/linux-64::proj-9.4.1-h54d7996_1</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">path: 'include/proj.h'</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2"><br clear="none"></font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">ClobberError: This transaction has incompatible packages due to a shared path.</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">packages: conda-forge/linux-64::hdfeos2-2.20-h3e53b52_1004, conda-forge/linux-64::hdfeos5-5.1.16-h51d0b48_17</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">path: 'lib/libGctp.a'</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2"><br clear="none"></font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">done</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">Executing transaction: /</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">To enable CUDA support, UCX requires the CUDA Runtime library (libcudart).</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">The library can be installed with the appropriate command below:</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2"><br clear="none"></font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">* For CUDA 11, run: conda install cudatoolkit cuda-version=11</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">* For CUDA 12, run: conda install cuda-cudart cuda-version=12</font></i></div><div style="font-size:16px"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-size:16px">Does anyone have any suggestions on how to install NCL via conda with the default gsn_code version (2019)?</div></div></div><div style="font-size:16px"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:serif;font-size:16px"><div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:serif;font-size:16px"><i><font size="2">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></i></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:serif;font-size:16px"> <div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr"><i><font size="2">Best regards,</font></i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><font size="2">Ehsan</font></i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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On Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 06:45:46 AM PST, Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:dave.allured@noaa.gov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dave.allured@noaa.gov</a>> wrote:
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Attach a zip file with the complete file set for the shapefile "gadm41_CAN_shp".</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"><div id="m_998278288595637503ydp5e6e86fbyiv6836819836m_-3698079424771241453m_-2781653038631265652ydp84a1ba4cyiv7227163227yqt70757"><div><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Dec 31, 2024 at 7:13 AM Ehsan Taghizadeh <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:ehsantaghizadeh@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ehsantaghizadeh@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:serif;font-size:16px"><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px">Dear Dave,</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px"><span>Thank you for your helpful reply.</span><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:16px">First, I should mention the GDAL version on our server:</div><div style="font-size:16px"><br clear="none"></div><div><i><font size="2">$ ogrinfo –version</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">GDAL 3.9.2, released 2024/08/13</font></i></div></div><div style="font-size:16px"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px">Additionally, the NCL version installed by Conda on our server appears to be "h7cb714c_54". I tried to find the versions h8482486_9, h9ce15c7_1, or h7290063_6 mentioned as working well in issue <a shape="rect" href="https://github.com/cedadev/ceda-jaspy-envs/issues/56" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><u>#56</u></a>, but I couldn't locate them in the <a shape="rect" href="https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/ncl/files" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><u>build details from conda-forge</u></a>.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px">It seems some shapefiles work well with the default NCL version from Conda. For instance, <a shape="rect" href="https://geodata.ucdavis.edu/gadm/gadm4.1/shp/gadm41_CAN_shp.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">gadm41_CAN_shp</a> falls into this category. However, some shapefiles do not work with the default NCL in Conda. For example, "englandshp" (attached file) does not work well with the default NCL in Conda.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px">When I replaced $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl with the one mentioned in issue <a shape="rect" href="https://github.com/NCAR/ncl/issues/176" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#176</a>, the situation changed. The "englandshp" worked well with the new gsn_code, but for <a shape="rect" href="https://geodata.ucdavis.edu/gadm/gadm4.1/shp/gadm41_CAN_shp.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">gadm41_CAN_shp</a>, the following error was displayed:<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><i><font size="2">(0) shapefile_order_lat_lon: Error: Cannot parse.</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">(0) Unexpected output from 'ogrinfo -al $shapefile'.</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">...</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">(0) Assume order of coordinates = lon/lat.</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">(0)</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">(0) Diagnostics 1 for 'ogrinfo':</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">GDAL 3.9.2, released 2024/08/13</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">(0)</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">(0) Diagnostics 2 for 'ogrinfo':</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">...</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">(0) Diagnostics 3 for 'ogrinfo':</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">(0) Parse results = False missing False False False False</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">(0) Number of lines in result = 1</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">(0) missing</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">(0) ----------------------------</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">(0) Assume order of coordinates = lon/lat.</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">(0) --- Working on time 2019020106 ---</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">(0) shapefile_order_lat_lon: Error: Cannot parse.</font></i></div><div><i><font size="2">(0) Unexpected output from 'ogrinfo -al $shapefile'.</font></i></div></div><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px"><span>However, when I tried to run the simple NCL script from the NCL website to plot them, nothing was displayed for both shapefiles with the new gsn_code.</span><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr"><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:12pt;font-family:courier;border-style:solid;border-width:0px 0px 15px;border-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">load "./shapefile_utils.ncl"
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On Sunday, December 29, 2024 at 02:17:40 PM PST, Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:dave.allured@noaa.gov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dave.allured@noaa.gov</a>> wrote:
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