On 07/19/2012 02:00 PM, ncl-install-request@ucar.edu wrote:
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> Subject: [ncl-install] install NCL6.1.0beta on Ubuntu11.10
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> Dear all,
> I am new to NCL and Linux.
> I am using Ubuntu11.10 on my laptop, and I want to install NCL6.1.0beta on
> it.
> Could you please tell me what steps should I follow?
> Thank you!
>
> Dai
Dai,
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 so my installation instructions should work for
you. You need to have an account at the Earth System Grid,
http://www.earthsystemgrid.org/. If you don't have login credentials,
click "New Account Registration" and proceed to get registered.
Steps:
0) After logging in, go to the main page and under the header "Analysis
& Visualization Software", click on "NCL: NCAR Command Language" near
the bottom of the page.
Near the bottom of the page, click "NCL Version 6.1.0-beta".
On the next page, click "NCL Version 6.1.0-beta precompiled binaries,
OPeNDAP-enabled".
On the next page, click "Download Files".
On the next page, accept the "End User License Agreement". Click
"Download Individual Files".
If you're laptop is running a 32-bit edition of Ubuntu, download "ncl_
ncarg-6.1.0-beta.Linux_Debian_i686_gcc445.tar.gz". Otherwise,
download "ncl_ncarg-6.1.0-beta.Linux_Debian_x86_64_gcc445.
tar.gz".
1)
In the terminal, cd to the directory containing the NCL gzipped tarball
you downloaded. You'll need superuser privileges to install it. Enter
the following commands
sudo su
mkdir /usr/local/ncl-6.1.0-beta
# If you downloaded the 32-but version, enter:
tar -xf ncl_ncarg-6.1.0-beta.Linux_Debian_i686_gcc445.tar.gz
-C /usr/local/ncl-6.1.0-beta
# If you downloaded the 64-bit version, enter:
tar -xf ncl_ncarg-6.1.0-beta.Linux_Debian_x86_64_gcc445.tar.
gz -C /usr/local/ncl-6.1.0-beta
exit
2)
Edit your .bashrc file:
From the terminal (in the home directory), type "gedit .bashrc"
Add the following to the bottom of the file:
NCARG_ROOT=/usr/local/ncl-6.1.0-beta
NCL_BIN=/usr/local/ncl-6.1.0-beta/bin
export NCARG_ROOT
export PATH=$PATH:$NCL_BIN
3)
Get the .hluresfile file from
http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Graphics/hlures.shtml by copy and
pasting the file contents at the bottom of the page into Gedit. Save it
in your home directory as .hluresfile.
4)
Close any terminals open and open one terminal and enter "ng4ex
gsun01n". NCL should launch and a few plots should be generated. Click
on the plots to cycle through them. The "Getting Started" page
(http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/get_started.shtml) suggests running "xeyes" in
the terminal to check that your DISPLAY environmental variable is
correctly set. I never set this and I don't think it matters (at least
for us Ubuntu users). On my system, typing "echo $DISPLAY" yields ":0".
It should already be set.
I recommend you use Gedit for your script development. I contributed a
syntax-highlighted file for Gedit to beautify your code, available at
http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/editor.shtml#gedit.
You're all set to begin using NCL. Open up a terminal and type NCL. You
should see:
Copyright (C) 1995-2012 - All Rights Reserved
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
NCAR Command Language Version 6.1.0-beta
The use of this software is governed by a License Agreement.
See http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ for more details.
ncl 0>
If this doesn't work, let us know exactly what error messages appear in
the terminal and we'll take it from there.
Happy NCLing.
Regards,
Chad
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