[gradsusr] Error while installing Grads on MacOS Big Sur

[Kanhu Charan Pattnayak]

Dear Arlindo,
Thanks for the suggestion. It is working perfectly now.
Cheers
Kanhu

On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 at 14:20, Arlindo da Silva <dasilva at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> 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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>
>
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> Arlindo da Silva
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कान्हू  चरण पट्टनायक
Dr. Kanhu Charan Pattnayak
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
School of Earth and Environment
University of Leeds
Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/people/k.pattnayak
<http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/people/k.pattnayak>
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