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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=NL-BE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hello Weather Man,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I am running the new opengrads on a windows machine as well. I am willing to help through remote control and check what’s wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Kind regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Tim<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> gradsusr [mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>weather.man<br><b>Sent:</b> 21 February 2019 13:04<br><b>To:</b> GrADS Users Forum <gradsusr@gradsusr.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [gradsusr] </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MS Gothic"'>回复：</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> OpenGrADS 2.2.1 for Windows: Available for Testing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Hi Arlindo da Silva<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>I installed on my GrADS Dell XPS15, but it does not run correctly.Xming not start properly. My computer system is win10 64 bit . I installed it on my other laptop with the same operating system,and It works fine. Very strange !<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>I think it is a problem with environmental variables. But I do not know how to do.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><img width=1186 height=593 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01D4C9F4.8AA0BC60"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-right:0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Microsoft JhengHei",sans-serif;color:black'>发件人：</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Arlindo da Silva <<a href="mailto:dasilva@alum.mit.edu">dasilva@alum.mit.edu</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Microsoft JhengHei",sans-serif;color:black'>发送时间：</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>2019</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>年</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>2</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>月</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>19</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>日</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>(</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>星期二</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>) 04:38<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>收件人：</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>GrADS Users Forum <<a href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>主 </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Microsoft JhengHei",sans-serif;color:black'>题：</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>[gradsusr] OpenGrADS 2.2.1 for Windows: Available for Testing<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Dear GrADS Users,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> After a long hiatus, I am pleased to announce a new OpenGrADS 2.2.1 build for Windows:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Windows</span></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>: <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/opengrads/files/grads2/2.2.1.oga.1/Windows/" target="_blank">https://sourceforge.net/projects/opengrads/files/grads2/2.2.1.oga.1/Windows/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>As usual, the superpack.exe is the familiar self-installing package (batteries included.) The tar.gz file is intented for cygwin users (32-bit). As of now, I have no plans for a 64-bit cygwin build. The main reason is the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) capability that allows you to run the 64-bit Linux build under Windows 10. Read on.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Running GrADS under the Windows 10 Subsystem for Linux (WSL)</span></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>The OpenGrADS Linux tarballs should run out of the box on WSL. Here is a quick roadmap:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>1) Install the Windows Subsystem for Linux:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>WSL</span></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>: <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10" target="_blank">https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>2) Install a Linux Distribution from the Microsoft App Store. The suggested Linux Distribution for GrADS is <b>Ubuntu 18LTS </b>although others may work as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>3) Install an X server of your choice. The free Xming works great:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Xming:</span></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/" target="_blank">https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Start the Xserver by clicking on it.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>4) Download the OpenGrADS Bundle Linux tarball for <b>glibc 2.17 </b>(others may work, but the 2.17 is recommended for Ubuntu 18LTS):<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Linux</span></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>: <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/opengrads/files/grads2/2.2.1.oga.1/Linux/" target="_blank">https://sourceforge.net/projects/opengrads/files/grads2/2.2.1.oga.1/Linux/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>5) On the Linux command line under Windows 10 do as you would do on regular Linux:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> % tar xvfz <b><i>/path/to</i></b>/opengrads-2.2.1.oga.1-bundle-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-glibc_2.17.tar.gz<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> % cd opengrads-2.2.1/Contents<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> % ./opengrads <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> % ./grads<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> % ./ncep<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>If you download the OpenGrADS on the Windows side, the tar ball will likely be on your Download folder. In this case, the <b><i>/path/to</i></b> above should be <b><i>/mnt/c/Users/USERNAME/Downloads</i></b>, where USERNAME is your user name.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Put the opengrads-2.2.1/Contents directory on your path and you are ready to go --- no need to set any environment variable other than PATH. It should work out of the box, YMMV.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Which version is faster? Cygwin-based or Linux under WSL?</span></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>I was hoping that the user community could help us answering this question. If you benchmark these 2 builds, please share your experience in this form:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Benchmark</span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>: <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/yUIEL8pncfGH87Zz1" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/forms/yUIEL8pncfGH87Zz1</a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>I will share the results here.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> Please report any issues with the Windows build by replying to this list. (No personal e-mail, please. I mean it.)</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> Enjoy!</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> Arlindo</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#006600'>Arlindo da Silva</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="mailto:dasilva@opengrads.org" target="_blank">dasilva@opengrads.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>