NCAR Graphics 4.3.1 Linux
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Kevin Keay 4/8/2006

I compiled this version for Linux a couple of years ago.
The binaries seem to work okay on a number of Linux systems
we use i.e. they are compiled for Red Hat Linux but they work on
our Debian Linux systems too.

(1) Download the Linux binaries from:

http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/~kevin/tmp/zncarg_linux_4.3.1_kk.zip

(about 14 MB).

(2) Make an appropriate directory - I will assume: /disk/user i.e.

 cd /disk
 mkdir user
 cd user

(3) Copy the zip file to user and unzip it:

 unzip zncarg_linux_4.3.1_kk.zip

You will see a folder called ncarg which contains other folders.

(4) To use the software you will need to look at the file:

 ncarg/src/cshrc_ncarg

The variable NCARG_ROOT needs to be set correctly:

 setenv NCARG_ROOT /disk/user/ncarg

The directories ncarg/bin and ncarg/ubin need to be added to your PATH:

 setenv   PATH   $NCARG_ROOT/bin:$NCARG_ROOT/ubin/:$PATH 

The MANPATH is not essential:

setenv   MANPATH   $NCARG_ROOT/man:$MANPATH # For man pages (not essential)

You may need this line:

# Default for ctrans: -d X11
setenv GRAPHCAP X11

This is for a larger version of ctrans:

# Larger version of ctrans
alias ctrans2 'ctrans -geom 1000x850+90-40

These changes should be added to your .cshrc file. This means that when you login to a C-shell these settings
should cause NCAR Graphics to function properly (you should log out, then log in again to activate these settings).

(5) Go to the folder: ncarg/ubin  
and decompress the binaries  i.e. gzip -d *.gz
It is possible that these binaries will work okay on your system. If not, you will have to compile them.

(6) Go to the folder: ncarg/test
There are some folders:
 ave     - see: readme.ave, readme.conmap
 symbols - see: readme.symbols, readme.conmap
 tracks  - see: readme.tracks

In all folders the results are saved as zresults.zip.

Perhaps go into folder tracks and try:  run-trkplot1

If you don't get any errors then that means the required executables in ubin are okay.
Note: If you don't have convert on your system then you won't get a PNG file but you should
get the Postscript file (g.ps usually).

(7) If there is a problem with the executables you can try recompiling them.
Go to the folder: ncarg/src
There are some folders:
 conmap   - Type: run-make
 kmapline - Type: run-make
 utils    - See: readme.compilation (just requires g77 -o exefile srcfile for each one)

Then try the tests in (6).
If there are still problems then email me with the error output. It could mean there are required libraries
missing from your system.