Hi Sam,
Typically, such a 'parent directory' is created by the user. You can easily
create a directory for the version of NCL you are installing and untar the
files within that directory. This is what myself and other users I am aware
of do, as it allows easy management of multiple NCL installs (should you
choose to create a new directory for each version) or easy overwrite access
(should you only want one version).
In general, or at least to my understanding, $NCARG_ROOT is meant to be the
root of a directory tree containing only NCL/NCAR graphics software, not a
generic directory shared by other pieces of software. Of course, there is
nothing stopping you from doing it this way and everything should still
work as far as I'm aware.
Finally, although I'm not on it, there is also an ncl-install list that is
typically where the developers refer install-based questions, should you
have similar questions or thoughts in the future.
Kyle
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Kyle S. Griffin
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
University of Wisconsin - Madison
1225 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706
Room 1421 Email: ksgriffin2@wisc.edu
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Sam McClatchie (NOAA Federal) <
sam.mcclatchie@noaa.gov> wrote:
> Ubuntu 12.04 (precise)
> kernel 3.2.0-35-generic
> architecture x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3720QM CPU @ 2.60GHz
> Memory 15236 MiB
> NCAR Command Language Version 6.1.0
>
> Hello Mary and Dennis
>
> I installed NCL ver. 6.1.0 successfully last night, and as a result I have
> a suggestion. The tarred zipped archive unpacks three directories (/ncarg,
> /include and /bin) into $NCARG_ROOT, which in my case is /usr/share. Since
> the names of two of these directories are rather generic, you might
> consider whether tarring the archive to unpack into /ncl with three
> sub-directories might be tidier. I'm not sure if an overwrite would have
> occurred if I already had directories in $NCARG_ROOT called /bin or
> /include, or whether the unpack would just go to something like /bin(2) and
> /include(2). Anyway, I copied /ncarg, /include and /bin to
> /usr/share/ncl and all is well.
>
> Thanks again for your workshop.
>
> Sam
>
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