Re: NCL install problems

The binaries worked like a charm. Within 15 minutes I had NCL up and
running across a remote desktop connection! Thanks to all who e-mailed
to help.

-- Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: Gerry Creager <gerry.creager_at_tamu.edu>
Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2008 3:28 pm
Subject: Re: NCL install problems
To: Rick Grubin <grubin_at_ucar.edu>
Cc: Michael Irl Zimmerman <mzimmer3_at_mix.wvu.edu>, ncl-talk NCL <ncl-
talk_at_ucar.edu>

> Rick, Mike,
>
> I missed the part about using the Fedora installed (called 'yum').
> I've
> had good results with the NCAR Graphics but don't recall seeing an
> NCL
> element before in the repositories.
>
> I'm not likely to have much time this week (I'm actually in the
> NCL
> tutorial at CG...) but I can try to look next week.
>
> Mike, try installing the NCAR Graphics devel package, too, if
> there is
> one readily available. I've little doubt it's needed to get NCL
> to work.
>
> I'd really like to see a solid NCARG/NCL package for
> RHEL/CentOS/Scientific Linux and Fedora, as well. I was really
> happy to
> find NCARG in the repositories.
>
> gerry
>
> Rick Grubin wrote:
> > 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#BuildAndInstallFromSourceCo
de>
> > ----
> > Rick Grubin NCAR/TDD/CISL/VETS
> > Visualization + Enabling Technologies
> > grubin_at_ucar.edu 303.497.1832
> >
> >
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