[gradsusr] Error while installing Grads on MacOS Big Sur

Arlindo da Silva dasilva at alum.mit.edu
Mon Jan 11 09:15:11 EST 2021


Kanhu,

   Install the opengrads package (.pkg):

https://sourceforge.net/projects/opengrads/files/grads2/2.2.1.oga.1/macOS/

and after installation delete

/Applications/OpenGrADS/Darwin/Versions/2.2.1.oga.1/i386/gex/libc++.1.dylib

      Arlindo

On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 6:00 PM Kanhu Charan Pattnayak <kcpattnayak at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Grads User Forum,
> Recently, I updated the OS MacOS Siera to MacOS Big Sur. I was trying
> install Grads on it through Macport. It didn't give any error while
> installation. But I am not able to open grads on my system. It is throwing
> the following error.
> 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:
> /Users/kanhu/Downloads/grads-2.2.1/data/udpt
>
>   Please read the documentation at
> http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/plugins.html
>
>
> I am not sure about how to fix the error. As the error indicates I need to
> have some plug in files *updt* and *Cairo*. I don't know how to get these
> files. I would appreciate if someone could guide me to fix these issues.
> I used the following commands to install grads on my PC.
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
> kanhu at KANHUs-MBP ~ % sudo port install grads
>
> --->  Computing dependencies for grads
>
> --->  Fetching archive for grads
>
> --->  Attempting to fetch grads-2.2.1_9.darwin_20.x86_64.tbz2 from
> https://packages.macports.org/grads
>
> --->  Attempting to fetch grads-2.2.1_9.darwin_20.x86_64.tbz2 from
> https://cph.dk.packages.macports.org/grads
>
> --->  Attempting to fetch grads-2.2.1_9.darwin_20.x86_64.tbz2 from
> https://ywg.ca.packages.macports.org/mirror/macports/packages/grads
>
> --->  Fetching distfiles for grads
>
> --->  Verifying checksums for grads
>
> --->  Extracting grads
>
> --->  Applying patches to grads
>
> --->  Configuring grads
>
> --->  Building grads
>
> --->  Staging grads into destroot
>
> --->  Installing grads @2.2.1_9
>
> --->  Activating grads @2.2.1_9
>
> --->  Cleaning grads
>
> --->  Scanning binaries for linking errors
>
> --->  No broken files found.
>
> --->  No broken ports found.
>
> kanhu at KANHUs-MBP ~ % sudo port -f activate grads
>
> --->  Computing dependencies for grads
>
> --->  Cleaning grads
>
> kanhu at KANHUs-MBP ~ % grads
>
>
> Grid Analysis and Display System (GrADS) Version 2.2.1
>
> Copyright (C) 1988-2018 by George Mason University
>
> GrADS comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
>
> See file COPYRIGHT for more information
>
>
> Config: v2.2.1 little-endian readline grib2 netcdf hdf4-sds hdf5
> opendap-grids 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:
> /Users/kanhu/Downloads/grads-2.2.1/data/udpt
>
>   Please read the documentation at
> http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/plugins.html
>
> GX Package Terminated
>
> kanhu at KANHUs-MBP ~ %
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Kanhu
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-- 
Arlindo da Silva
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