New 2.0.a3 binaries for i686 and solaris, plus wgrib2 and cnvgrib for windows

[mmacleod]

Hi Jennifer.

I have downloaded the grads-2.0.a3-cygwin-dap.zip file and unzipped it
to a a directory on my Windows XP Professional machine. When I  go to
run  the grads .exe my X server window opens but I get an "Unable to
Locate Component" window with the message "This application has failed
to start because cygcurl-4.dll was not found. Re-installing the
application may fix the problem.

I reinstalled but it did not fix the problem.  I have a cygwin directory
on my machine but it does not contain this dll.  I have tried Google
search but no item found.

Help please.

Thanks


Mac MacLeod


Jennifer Adams wrote:
> Dear All,
> The wart in the i686 build of 2.0.a3 that was causing floating
> exceptions has been removed and a shiny, new, presumably usable build
> has replaced the tarball on the FTP server. Ditto for solaris, except
> that there were no warts, the new solaris build is just a bit more
> portable than the old one.
>
> Also, John Huddleston has also provided builds of wgrib2 and cnvgrib
> for windows:
> ftp://grads.iges.org/grads/cnvgrib-1.1.7-cygwin.zip
> ftp://grads.iges.org/grads/wgrib2-bin-cygwin.zip
>
> Jennifer
>
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>
> Jennifer M. Adams
> IGES/COLA
> 4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302
> Calverton, MD 20705
> jma at cola.iges.org
>
>
>

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