Re: Installing NCL 6.2.0 on Mac OS 10.7.5

Hi Mary,

Thank you for putting in time on this. The install worked perfectly on my
system.

Best,

Mattias

On 5/15/14 7:23 AM, "Mary Haley" <haley@ucar.edu> wrote:

>
> Hi All,
>
>
> I was able to compile NCL V6.2.0 on a MacOS 10.7 system using the GNU 4.5.0
> compilers.
>
> If you want to try this binary, you need to download a gzipped tar file and
> unzip it wherever you want NCL installed. I recommend doing this in a test
> directory before overwriting any current NCL installation.
>
> To get the file:
>
> wget
> ftp.ucar.edu:/pub/scd/haley/ncl_ncarg-6.2.0.MacOS_10.7_64bit_gcc450.tar.gz
>
> The installation instructions are the same as previous versions of NCL:
>
> - Once you have the file, you need to uncompress and untar it wherever you
> want the software to reside. For example, assume you want the software in
> /usr/local/ncl-6.2.0, and that the file is in /home/haley:
>
> mkdir /usr/local/ncl-6.2.0
> cd /usr/local/ncl-6.2.0
> tar -zxvf /home/haley/ncl_ncarg-6.2.0.MacOS_10.7_64bit_gcc450.tar.gz
>
> - You can then remove the file or save it somewhere.
>
> rm /home/haley/ncl_ncarg-6.2.0.MacOS_10.7_64bit_gcc450.tar.gz
>
> - You need to set the NCARG_ROOT environment to the parent directory and make
> sure $NCARG_ROOT/bin is on your search path:
>
> csh/tcsh:
>
> setenv NCARG_ROOT /usr/local/ncl-6.2.0
> setenv PATH $NCARG_ROOT/bin:$PATH
> rehash
>
> bash/sh/ksh:
>
> export NCARG_ROOT=/usr/local/ncl-6.2.0
> export PATH=$NCARG_ROOT/bin:$PATH
>
> - To quickly test that you are using the new NCL, type these two commands:
>
> which ncl
> ncl -V
>
> It should say "/usr/local/ncl-6.2.0/bin/ncl" and "6.2.0".
>
> Here's a quick graphical test. You need to click on the window that pops up
> with your left mouse button to advance through the rest of the frames:
>
> ng4ex gsun01n -clean
>
> Let me know if this binary works, and I'll put it on the ESG website.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Mary
>
>
> On May 13, 2014, at 12:01 PM, Mary Haley <haley@ucar.edu> wrote:
>
>> Okay everybody, given the level of interest, I guess I should look into this.
>> :-)
>>
>> Don't tell our IT department, but I do have a Mac 10.7 system on my desk.
>> It's supposed to be getting picked up and recycled any day now by them, but
>> they just haven't gotten around to it. I haven't turned it on for months!
>>
>> The ol' Mac actually booted up, so I'll try to install 6.2.0 on it. If I'm
>> successful, I will post back here. If not, then I may have to take up Dave on
>> his kind offer.
>>
>> --Mary
>>
>> On May 13, 2014, at 11:14 AM, David B. Reusch <dreusch@ees.nmt.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I just wanted to share that I'm facing a similar situation with my
>>> desktop Mac. It's just one hardware generation too old for 10.8 or 10.9
>>> and thus currently not able to go to NCL 6.2. I have experience doing
>>> complex from-source installs but haven't felt ready to tackle 6.2 yet
>>> (it is not trivial). I'm also pondering a system "hack" that is
>>> supposed to make it possible to install 10.8 on my Mac Pro, in which
>>> case I might not have to deal with the from-source install after all
>>> (see my postscript for links).
>>>
>>> I admit I haven't thought through all the implications, but I'd be
>>> willing to consider making this machine available to the NCL folks to
>>> get a 10.7 binary out there. I understand that this might not be a path
>>> you want to take though :-)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Dave
>>>
>>> P.S. Those of you with older Mac Pros might find the following links of
>>> interest. I have *not* tried any of the suggestions nor am I in any way
>>> able to answer questions about them. This is just a "public service".
>>> http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/1rsp3q/install_mavericks_on_older_mac
>>> _pro_11_21_20062007/
>>> http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1325709
>>> http://lifehacker.com/5994204/mlpostfactor-installs-mountain-lion-on-older-m
>>> acs
>>> http://www.jabbawok.net/?p=47
>>> http://www.everymac.com/mac-answers/os-x-mountain-lion-faq/how-to-hack-incom
>>> patible-macs-to-run-os-x-mountain-lion.html
>>>
>>> Mary Haley said the following on 5/13/2014 11:01 AM:
>>>> Hi Mattias,
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately MacOS 10.7 is a bit too old for us to support anymore. The
>>>> issue is that Apple stops supporting these systems in terms of providing
>>>> the latest compilers, etc, which in turn makes it hard for us to compile
>>>> newer code that depends on these newer versions of compilers.
>>>>
>>>> You can try building NCL from source code. There are detailed instructions
>>>> at:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/build_from_src.shtml
>>>>
>>>> Since the build system is set up to recognize MacOSX systems, you shouldn't
>>>> need to change any code, but you might need to edit the
>>>> $NCARG/config/Darwin_Intel file.
>>>>
>>>> If you have any problems with this, please post them to back to this list,
>>>> and I will try to help. It is really helpful if you can provide the
>>>> "make-output" file that contains the output from the NCL build (the
>>>> instructions mention this).
>>>>
>>>> Another user (Basit Khan) posted a similar question about a week ago, and
>>>> I've included him here in case he's had any success building NCL on his
>>>> own.
>>>>
>>>> --Mary
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On May 12, 2014, at 11:10 PM, Mattias Cape <mattias@spg.ucsd.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I¹d like to install NCL to plot output from an atmospheric model (grib
>>>>> format). I¹m currently running Mac OS 10.7.5, and have gcc version 4.2.1
>>>>> and
>>>>> gfortran version 4.6.1
>>>>>
>>>>> gfortran --version
>>>>> GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.6.1
>>>>> gcc --version
>>>>> i686-apple-darwin11-llvm-gcc-4.2 (GCC) 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build
>>>>> 5658) (LLVM build 2335.15.00)
>>>>>
>>>>> I was unable to find a binary for my version of OSX, but tried to install
>>>>> ncl_ncarg-6.2.0.MacOS_10.8_64bit_gcc471.tar.gz. I followed the directions
>>>>> from http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/install.shtml without any issues.
>>>>> However when I tested the install with
>>>>>
>>>>> ng4ex gsun01n -clean
>>>>>
>>>>> No window or plot popped up. The gsun01n file was copied to the directory
>>>>> however and no error was returned. My display settings are as follows:
>>>>>
>>>>> echo $DISPLAY
>>>>> /tmp/launch-aWEnSQ/org.x:0
>>>>>
>>>>> Trying to simply run ncl gives me an error however
>>>>>
>>>>> ncl -V
>>>>> Segmentation fault: 11
>>>>>
>>>>> Because I am using an older version of OSX, including older compilers, I'm
>>>>> having a hard time isolating the problem. I wanted to see if I could get
>>>>> some suggestions on things to try. Upgrading to OS 10.8 would not
>>>>> necessarily be my first choice but perhaps it's necessary.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the help,
>>>>>
>>>>> Mattias
>>>>>
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