Grads for Ubuntu Problem

[Jason Snyder]

I tried doing this according to the instructions but to no avail.
The problem is is when I do setenv in the unbuntu terminal I get the
following message:

snyderjm at snyderjm-laptop:~/Desktop/grads-2.0.a7.1/bin$ setenv GADDIR
/home/snyderjm/Desktop/grads-2.0.a7.1/bin
No command 'setenv' found, did you mean:
 Command 'netenv' from package 'netenv' (universe)
setenv: command not found


Therefore, I tried the following:

snyderjm at snyderjm-laptop:~/Desktop/grads-2.0.a7.1/bin$ csh
% setenv GADDIR /home/snyderjm/Desktop/grads-2.0/a7.1/bin
% exit

This is my Grads directory now as it stands with data.tar.gz installed,
unzipped and tarred:

snyderjm at snyderjm-laptop:~/Desktop/grads-2.0.a7.1/bin$ ls
bufrscan   font1.dat  font5.dat  gribmap   gxtran   mres          wgrib
COPYRIGHT  font2.dat  grads      gribscan  hires    stnmap
data.tar   font3.dat  gradsdap   gxeps     INSTALL  udunits.dat
font0.dat  font4.dat  grib2scan  gxps      lowres   uwnd.1998.nc

I am continuing to have the same problems with Grads.  How do I resolve
this  and my setenv problems?

Thanks,

Jason



On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 12:21 PM, luis blacutt <luis.blacutt at gmail.com>wrote:

> Have you unziped the file and installed following the instructions?
> About the GADDIR file don't worry, I haven't made anything with it and
> still works fine
>
> Luis
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Jason Snyder <jmssnyder at ucdavis.edu>wrote:
>
>> I am still ahving the same problems even after downloading data.tar.
>> Where do I find the variable GADDIR?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> jason
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 5:49 AM, luis blacutt <luis.blacutt at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jason,
>>>
>>> I think you are running on the same problem I run. You need to download
>>> the data file
>>>
>>> check this from http://www.iges.org/grads/downloads.html
>>>
>>> Supplementary Files
>>> The font and map files are supplementary data sets that are required in
>>> order to run GrADS. Their default location is: /usr/local/lib/grads/. If
>>> you do not have write permission for this directory you can place the files
>>> elsewhere, but you must also change the environment variable GADDIR so
>>> the GrADS executables will know where to find these files. You can download
>>> the data files separately by clicking here: *data.tar.Z*<ftp://grads.iges.org/grads/data.tar.Z>
>>>  ** <ftp://grads.iges.org/grads/data.tar.Z>.
>>>
>>> cd *<dirname>*
>>> uncompress data.tar.Z
>>> tar xvf data.tar
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Luis
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Jason Snyder <jmssnyder at ucdavis.edu>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have grads on Ubuntu 9.10 but have been having problems with opening
>>>> up netcdf files on it.  The program opens all right but I get the following
>>>> message when I open a netcdf file:
>>>>
>>>> Config: v2.0.a7 little-endian readline printim grib2 netcdf hdf4-sds
>>>> hdf5 geotiff
>>>> Issue 'q config' command for more information.
>>>> Landscape mode? ('n' for portrait):  no
>>>> GX Package Initialization: Size = 8.5 11
>>>> ga-> sdfopen uwnd.1998.nc
>>>> Scanning self-describing file:  uwnd.1998.nc
>>>> udunits(3): Couldn't open units database
>>>> "/usr/local/lib/grads/udunits.dat": No such file or directory
>>>> gadsdf: UDUNITS package initialization failure.
>>>> ga->
>>>>
>>>> How do I resolve this problem?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Jason
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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