Re: [ncl-talk] NCL install problems

Hi Mike

> I tried to install NCARG/NCL on my Fedora Core 6 machine and the
> Make procedure ended with a 'thumbs-up' saying that everything was
> installed successfully, but I don't see an executable named NCL in
> my $NCARG_ROOT/bin directory.

As you note below, it sounds as though you installed NCAR Graphics/
NCL via a FC6 installer. We (NCL Team) have no control over which
version of the software you get, nor do we have control over where
the install point is.

> Finally, I noticed during the install that errors were popping up
> that read something like "can't find -lhdf". I take this to mean
> that I have not properly pre-installed the hdf libraries. I have
> installed HDF (and NCARG 4.2.2) using the FC6 software installer
> but I don't think that I can trust Fedora to put the libraries in
> a directory accessible to other applications under normal
> circumstances.

Not knowing how the FC6 installer works, or where it puts software,
or if you can specify install points (I would think so), you'll need
to know where the FC6 installer puts software libraries and header
files.

> 1) Are there any thoughts on the above?

You do have two other choices:

1. Install a precompiled binary for your system, see: http://
www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/index.shtml

> 2) Is there a way to get at the ./Configure information before I
> attempt to install NCL? This would allow me to ensure that the hdf
> libraries (and others, like Vis5D+, etc.) even exist in the right
> places.

You can install from source, see: http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/
index.shtml#BuildAndInstallFromSourceCode

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Rick Grubin NCAR/TDD/CISL/VETS
Visualization + Enabling Technologies
grubin_at_ucar.edu 303.497.1832

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Received on Wed Jan 09 2008 - 15:52:24 MST