64-bit RH3 GrADS?

[Ben-Jei Tsuang]

Thank you! It works.

Ben

----- Original Message -----
From: "Arlindo da Silva" <dasilva at ALUM.MIT.EDU>
To: <GRADSUSR at LIST.CINECA.IT>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 2:35 AM
Subject: Re: 64-bit RH3 GrADS?


> On 7/19/07, Gary Strand <strandwg at ucar.edu> wrote:
>> I'm trying to build/use GrADS 1.9b4 on a 64-bit RH3 system.
>>
>> The primary problem is that 'gradsdods' fails with a "missing" shared
>> object library:
>>
>> gradsdods: error while loading shared libraries: libcom_err.so.3:
>> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>>
>
> These error messages could be a bit misleading sometimes. I've been
> able to run a 32-bit on a 64-bit machine by providing .so from a
> 32-bit machine. To experiment, create a local directory to place your
> supplemental .so and set LD_LIBRARY_PATH accordingly. For example,
>
> mkdir $HOME/lib
> setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH $HOME/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> (omit the last :$LD_LIBRARY_PATH if you do not have it set already)
> gradods
>
> Then  copy the 32 bit .so's to $HOME/lib and start gradsdods.  In my
> case, running Mandriva 2007.1, I needed to suplement the 64-bit ditro
> with:
>
> libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3
> libXaw.so.7
>
> from a 32-bit machine. The libstdc++ is essential for gradsdods, the
> gradsnc/gradshdf do not use it.
>
>> I suspect the error is actually because 'libcom_err.so.3' is a 64-bit
>> version, and 'gradsdods' (as from the downloadable binaries) is 32-bit.
>>
>
> You may try to drop this one in as well, but I suspect that the
> libstdc++ (from gcc 2.9x) may do the trick.
>
>> I've been trying to build GrADS from the source, however, I'm running
>> a number of show-stopping problems.
>>
>> Has anyone had any success with 'gradsdods' on a 64-bit RH3 system?
>>
>
> This can be tricky as it will needs internal patches in grads, and
> there are people at NRL working on it. I heard it is worth it as it
> runs much faster.
>
>  Good Luck,
>
>       Arlindo
>
> --
> Arlindo da Silva
> dasilva at alum.mit.edu