Re: NCL 5.1.0 and libcurl

From: Dennis Shea <shea_at_nyahnyahspammersnyahnyah>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:57:12 -0600

Yes. Of course, it worked.

However, the CDC has changed from 'open' to 'not-open'
You must register your IP address.

Offline I will send u the name of the CDC person to contact.

Regards
D

Mateus Teixeira wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> Thanks for your suggestion, now NCL doesn't complains about any library,
> but I would like to know if the example given in
>
> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/opendap.shtml
>
> really works? Is the internet address correct?
>
> NCL gives the following answer when I try to access the file shown in
> that example:
>
> ncl 0> url = "http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/nph-nc/Datasets/"
> ncl 1> filename = "ncep.reanalysis.dailyavgs/pressure/air.1948.nc
> <http://air.1948.nc>"
> ncl 2> f = addfile(url + filename,"r")
> fatal:
> fatal:Could not open
> (http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/nph-nc/Datasets/ncep.reanalysis.dailyavgs/pressure/air.1948.nc)
>
> In order to use NCL-opendap enabled, I have installed the following
> packages in my fedora 10 installation:
>
> openssl.i686 0.9.8g-12.fc10
> openssl-devel.i386 0.9.8g-12.fc10
>
> libcurl.i386 7.19.4-3.fc10
> libcurl-devel.i386 7.19.4-3.fc10
>
> libxml2.i386 2.7.3-1.fc10
> libxml2-devel.i386 2.7.3-1.fc10
>
> libdap.i386 3.8.2-1.fc10
> libdap-devel.i386 3.8.2-1.fc10
>
> libnc-dap.i386 3.7.3-1.fc10
> libnc-dap-devel.i386 3.7.3-1.fc10
>
> zlib.i386 1.2.3-18.fc9
> zlib-devel.i386 1.2.3-18.fc9
>
>
> It seems that all versions of the packages needed for NCL-opendap
> enabled to work are installed. I only not sure if the libcurl package
> installed was build with zlib.
>
> If the file location of that example is correct, I think that something
> isn't working properly in my system. If it is the case, is it possible
> to identify the source of the problem?
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> Mateus
>
>
>
> 2009/3/30 David Brown <dbrown_at_ucar.edu <mailto:dbrown_at_ucar.edu>>
>
> Hi Mateus,
>
> I have seen a report that suggests a pretty simple work-around:
>
> If you have root access the most straightforward thing to do is to
> create the following symbolic link:
> ln -s /usr/lib/libcurl.so /usr/lib/libcurl.so.3
>
> This is assuming that your existing libcurl is in /usr/lib/.
>
> /usr/lib/libcurl.so is usually itself a symbolic link to the current
> version of libcurl.
>
> If you don't have root access or you don't want to modify the system
> library directories at all, then another option would be to
> create the symbolic link in your own directory space, e.g.
>
> ln -s /usr/lib/libcurl.so <my-directory-path>/libcurl.so.3
>
> you would then need to add <my-directory-path> to LD_LIBRARY_PATH:
>
> (using csh): setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH <my-directory-path>:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>
> If this does not work, let us know. The other alternative is to
> actually install a copy of libcurl.so.3, but it has other
> dependencies that
> make it a somewhat painful process.
> -dave
>
>
>
> On Mar 29, 2009, at 11:31 AM, Mateus Teixeira wrote:
>
>> Dear NCL users,
>>
>> I'm trying to run NCL 5.1.0 OPeNDAP-enabled binaries on Fedora 10,
>> but it complains about libcurl.so.3 file. I checked my system and
>> found that there is a version of libcurl package that provides the
>> file libcurl.so.4. I didn't find a package providing the requered
>> file.
>>
>> Is there a solution or a workaround to this problem?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mateus da Silva Teixeira
>>
>> Registered Linux User #466740
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>
>
> --
> Mateus da Silva Teixeira
>
> Registered Linux User #466740
>
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