(RESOLVED) plotgrids permission denied error

[ggp17mkm]

Hi,

I used this command ncl util/plotgrids.ncl to check my domain's locations before running ./geogrid.exe. I got this error:
bash: ncl: command not found

Any suggestion please? Am a new user of WRF, climate modelling, etc.

[kwerner]

Hi,
Do you have NCL installed? If not, take a look here: http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/
Make sure to download and install the pre-built binaries, and do not try to install from scratch.

If you have it installed, it may be that you just need to point to the binary in your path, and you'll also need to set the NCARG_ROOT environment variable. This presentation about NCL may also have some useful information for getting things set up:
https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/tut ... ye_ncl.pdf

[ggp17mkm]

Hello,
I have installed ncl 6.5.0

After issuing ncl -V, I get 6.5.0 as confirmation of setting correct paths etc.
Now when I run the command ncl util/plotgrids.ncl for checking my domain configurations for WRF(as suggested on the ARW tutorial), I get the response You need NCL V6.1 to run this script. Try running util/plotgrids_new.ncl

So I ran: util/plotgrids_new.ncl
In response I get : permission denied.

Could you please guide on whats going on? Many thanks.

[kwerner]

Hmm, that's odd. Try to move the util/plotgrids_new.ncl file to your current WPS directory to issue the ncl command. Then just issue:

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ncl plotgrids_new.ncl

If that doesn't work, send me the output you're getting on the screen.

[ggp17mkm]

Hi,
Just to let know your suggested solution has worked. Many thanks Kelly

[kwerner]

That's great news! Thanks for letting me know.