Compile grads-src-2.0.a0 on x86_64 error

[Oliver König]

Hello,
on Dell Poweredge 1950 Debian Linux (stable/etch) Kernel 2.6.18 SMP x86_64 I
compiled wgrib2 and I am pretty sure that it works. I had previously compiled
the supplibs-2.0.1 and grads-2.0 but I never managed to display grib2 data in
grads2.

So I decided to try again by installing the supplibs-2.0.1 (instead of
compiling) and compile grads-2.0. this is what I did:

######## Install supplibs ########
$ cd /var/grads
$ tar xvfz supplibs-2.0.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
$ ln -s supplibs-2.0.1 supplibs
$ export SUPPLIBS=/var/grads/supplibs-2.0.1/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

######## Compile grads2 ########

$ tar xvfz grads-src-2.0.a0.tar.gz
$ cd grads-src-2.0.a0
$ ./configure
  +----------------------------------+
  |                                  |
  | Configuration Summary            |
  |                                  |
  |  + readline enabled              |
  |  + printim enabled               |
  |  + netcdf enabled                |
  |  + hdf4 enabled                  |
  |  + grib2 enabled                 |
  |  + GUI enabled                   |
  |                                  |
  | Build Summary                    |
  |                                  |
  |  + grads enabled                 |
  |  + gradsdap enabled              |
  |    (both grid & stn interfaces)  |
  |                                  |
  |  - Dynamic linking disabled      |
  |                                  |
  +----------------------------------+

$ make
$ make check
$ make install prefix=/var/grads/grads2
$ cp /var/grads/wgrib2/wgrib2 /var/grads/grads2/bin

######## Test grads2 ########
$ wget
ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/gfs/prod/gfs.2008021300/gfs.t00z.sfluxgrbf09.grib2
$ g2ctl.pl -verf gfs.t00z.sfluxgrbf09.grib2 > gfs2.ctl
$ /var/grads/grads2/bin/gribmap -i gfs2.ctl
$ /var/grads/grads2/bin/grads -b
ga-> open gfs2
ga-> set t 2
ga-> d ugrd10m
Cannot contour grid - all undefined values
ga-> d tmpsfc
Cannot contour grid - all undefined values

So, in the end I get the same result as I did with compiling the supplibs:
grads does not display grib2 data! on x86_64 bit operating system.

On i686 these very same instructions worked with the only difference that i
used the supplibs for i686. Can anyone help? thanks!

Regards,
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Oliver könig