[gradsusr] New GrADS

[Jennifer M Adams]

Did you read the recommended doc page http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/plugins.html? 

You need to create the file /usr/local/lib/grads/udpt to inform GrADS where to find the plug-ins. Instructions are at http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/udpt.html

—Jennifer

> On Sep 8, 2017, at 2:52 PM, brown wrap <gramos at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Somehow I dropped off the mailing list and missed the announcement of the new GrADS. A user asked new to install it, but I am confused at the initial setup.
> 
> I installed everything in /usr/local/grads-2.2.0
> 
> So I have a bin and lib directory there. When I run ./grads, it asked me to set the GUADPT. I have tried that with no luck. What do I need to get off the ground:
> 
> 
> Grid Analysis and Display System (GrADS) Version 2.2.0
> Copyright (C) 1988-2017 by George Mason University
> GrADS comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
> See file COPYRIGHT for more information
> 
> Config: v2.2.0 little-endian readline grib2 netcdf hdf4-sds hdf5 opendap-grids,stn geotiff shapefile
> Issue 'q config' and 'q gxconfig' commands for more detailed configuration information
> Landscape mode? ('n' for portrait):  
> GX Package Initialization: Size = 11 8.5 
> GX Package Error: Could not find a record for the printing plug-in named "Cairo" 
>   * The environment variable GAUDPT has not been set
>   * Unable to open the default User Defined Plug-in Table: /usr/local/lib/grads/udpt
>   Please read the documentation at http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/plugins.html
> GX Package Terminated 
> 
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Jennifer Miletta Adams
Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA)
George Mason University