<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><span style="font-size:small">On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 2:23 PM Stephen McMillan <<a href="mailto:smcmillan@planalytics.com">smcmillan@planalytics.com</a>> wrote:</span><br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I recently installed opengrads v2.2.1.oga.1 on my Windows 10 laptop using the "superpack" option. Here are a couple issues I have found so far during testing:</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>1. Drawing shapefiles works fine. However, it appears to always generate an "unable to open [shapefile]" message. E.g.,</div><div><br></div><div><div>ga-> set line 1 1 6</div><div>SET LINE values: color = 1 style = 1 thickness = 6</div><div>ga-> draw shp world_adm0</div><div>Unable to open world_adm0.shp or world_adm0.SHP.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Is there a way to suppress the "unable to open..." message? It seems like a false message since it "opens" (or otherwise accesses) the shapefiles to draw the shapes.</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Hmm, strange. I will check.</div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div>2. The station mapping utility stnmap.exe was missing from the downloaded files. Was this intentional? For now, I'm using the one that came with 2.1.a2.oga.1. Seems to work okay.</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">This was not intentional. I will make sure it is there for the next revision.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"> Arlindo</div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div>Stephen McMillan</div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 3:41 PM Arlindo da Silva <<a href="mailto:dasilva@alum.mit.edu" target="_blank">dasilva@alum.mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:large">Dear GrADS Users,</div><div style="font-size:large"><br></div><div style="font-size:large"> After a long hiatus, I am pleased to announce a new OpenGrADS 2.2.1 build for Windows:</div><div style="font-size:large"><br></div></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:large"><div><b>Windows</b>: <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> </div></div></div></div></blockquote><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:large"><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Running GrADS under the Windows 10 Subsystem for Linux (WSL)</b></div><div><br></div><div>The OpenGrADS Linux tarballs should run out of the box on WSL. Here is a quick roadmap:</div><div><br></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:large"><div>1) Install the Windows Subsystem for Linux:</div><div><br></div></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:large"><div><b>WSL</b>: <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></div></div></div></blockquote><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:large"><div> </div><div>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.<br></div><div><br></div><div>3) Install an X server of your choice. The free Xming works great:</div><div><br></div></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:large"><div><b>Xming:</b> <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/" target="_blank">https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/</a></div></div></div></blockquote><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:large"> </div><div style="font-size:large">Start the Xserver by clicking on it.</div><div style="font-size:large"><br></div><div style="font-size:large"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><div style="font-size:large"><div>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):</div><div><br></div></div></div><blockquote style="font-size:small;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:large"><div><b>Linux</b>: <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> </div></div></div></blockquote></div><div style="font-size:large"><br></div><div style="font-size:large">5) On the Linux command line under Windows 10 do as you would do on regular Linux:</div><div style="font-size:large"><br></div><div style="font-size:large"> % 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</div><div style="font-size:large"> % cd opengrads-2.2.1/Contents</div><div style="font-size:large"> % ./opengrads </div><div style="font-size:large"> % ./grads</div><div style="font-size:large"> % ./ncep</div><div style="font-size:large"><br></div><div style="font-size:large">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.</div><div style="font-size:large"><br></div><div style="font-size:large">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.</div><div style="font-size:large"> </div><div style="font-size:large"><b>Which version is faster? Cygwin-based or Linux under WSL?</b></div><div style="font-size:large"><br></div><div style="font-size:large">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:</div><div style="font-size:large"><br></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font size="4"><b>Benchmark</b>: <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/yUIEL8pncfGH87Zz1" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/forms/yUIEL8pncfGH87Zz1</a></font></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">I will share the results here.</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4"> Please report any issues with the Windows build by replying to this list. (No personal e-mail, please. I mean it.)</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4"> Enjoy!</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4"> Arlindo</font></div><div><br></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-2799136720374645556gmail-m_-8994352985547233683gmail-m_-6321641005959707983gmail-m_-1993536778464750534gmail_signature"><font face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" size="6" color="#006600"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"></span><span></span><span></span>Arlindo da Silva</font><br><div style="font-size:large"><a href="mailto:dasilva@opengrads.org" target="_blank">dasilva@opengrads.org</a></div><div style="font-size:large"></div><br></div></div></div></div>
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