[gradsusr] UDUNITS error: Ubuntu 13.04

[Jennifer Adams]

On Feb 11, 2014, at 6:54 AM, Mogesh Naidoo wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> I'm having trouble getting GrADS running on my new workstation.
> I installed using: sudo apt-get install grads.
This doesn't work. The udunits2 library does not work with GrADS. Try using our pre-compiled binary executables instead. 

> This is my first attempt on this workstation so went the path of least resistance.
http://iges.org/grads/downloads.html 
Downloading a tarball and unpacking it will be a bit more work than 'sudo apt-get install grads' but still better than building from source. 
--Jennifer

> 
> Unfortunately I find trouble loading a sdf file: 
> 
>>> 
> Grid Analysis and Display System (GrADS) Version 2.0.1
> Copyright (c) 1988-2011 by Brian Doty and the
> Institute for Global Environment and Society (IGES)
> GrADS comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
> See file COPYRIGHT for more information
> 
> Config: v2.0.1 little-endian readline printim grib2 netcdf hdf4-sds hdf5 opendap-grids,stn geotiff shapefile
> Issue 'q config' command for more detailed configuration information
> Landscape mode? ('n' for portrait):  
> GX Package Initialization: Size = 11 8.5 
> ga-> sdfopen CMIP5_grid.nc 
> Scanning self-describing file:  CMIP5_grid.nc
> gadsdf: UDUNITS package initialization failure.
> ga-> 
> <<
> 
> So I check and see my system has UDUNITS2 install, but I guess this isn't the one GrADS likes to use (xml!).
> I see my installed GrADs ancilliary data is in /usr/share/grads (fonts etc).
> I set GADDIR and UDUNITS_PATH in my env appropriately.
> I also see that udunits.dat isn't in that path for some reason.
> I download the data.tar.gz and take the udunits.dat from there and place in the path.
> I source .bashrc/close and open terminal.
> 
> I start up GrADs and try to open the file and get the same error. 
> Note the error says UDUNITS package initialization failure, but nothing about udunits.dat.
> So this might not be the problem at all.
> Although there's no info on the failure itself.
> 
> regards,
> Mogesh.
> 
> 
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