Issue installing NCEPlibs

[ghost]

So I am trying to my nceblibs from NOAA-EMC (https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/NCEPLIBS)

These are the libraries I have installed on ubuntu 22.04.

• zlib 1.2.12
• libpng 1.6.37
• Jasper 1.900.1
• mpich 4.0.2
• hdf5 1.12.2
• netcdf-c 4.8.1
• netcdf-fortran 4.5.4
• libjpeg 9.1
• gcc/gfortran/g++ 11.2.0

I am exporting them to the bash terminal via these commands:

export CC=gcc
export FC=gfortran
export CXX=g++
export FFLAGS=-std=legacy
export FCFLAGS=-std=legacy
export JPEG_LIBRARY=$DIR/grib2/lib
export JPEG_INCLUDE_DIR=$DIR/grib2/include
export JASPER_LIBRARIES=$DIR/grib2/lib
export JASPER_INCLUDE_DIR=$DIR/grib2/include
export INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/WRF/Libs/nceplibs

I run cmake to build the make files using:

cmake -DJPEG_LIBRARIES=${JPEG_LIBRARY} -DJASPER_LIBRARIES=${JASPER_LIBRARIES} -DJASPER_INCLUDE_DIR=${JASPER_INCLUDE_DIR} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${INSTALL_PREFIX} ..

The output is from cmake is:

-- The C compiler identification is GNU 11.2.0
-- The Fortran compiler identification is GNU 11.2.0
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc - skipped
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
-- Detecting Fortran compiler ABI info
-- Detecting Fortran compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working Fortran compiler: /usr/bin/gfortran - skipped
-- Setting build type to 'Release' as none was specified.
-- Installing NCEPLIBS from /home/will/WRF/Downloads/NCEPLIBS/COMPONENTS
-- Installing NCEPLIBS at /home/will/WRF/Libs/nceplibs
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
CMake Warning:
  Manually-specified variables were not used by the project:

    JASPER_INCLUDE_DIR
    JASPER_LIBRARIES
    JPEG_LIBRARIES

Now I need JASPER_INCLUDE_DIR, JASPER_LIBRARIES, JPEG_LIBRARIES to execute make.

When I execute make without them in the cmakecache.txt file this happens.

[ 43%] Performing configure step for 'g2'
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 11.2.0
-- The Fortran compiler identification is GNU 11.2.0
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc - skipped
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
-- Detecting Fortran compiler ABI info
-- Detecting Fortran compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working Fortran compiler: /usr/bin/gfortran - skipped
-- Setting build type to 'Release' as none was specified.
-- Could NOT find JPEG (missing: JPEG_LIBRARY JPEG_INCLUDE_DIR) 
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-3.22/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:230 (message):
  Could NOT find Jasper (missing: JASPER_LIBRARIES JASPER_INCLUDE_DIR
  JPEG_LIBRARIES)
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  /usr/share/cmake-3.22/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:594 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
  /usr/share/cmake-3.22/Modules/FindJasper.cmake:62 (find_package_handle_standard_args)
  CMakeLists.txt:24 (find_package)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/home/will/WRF/Downloads/NCEPLIBS/build/g2/src/g2-build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/g2.dir/build.make:92: g2/src/g2-stamp/g2-configure] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:348:

Now I have heard that you can use CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH or CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH to get these libraries into cache file. But I am not sure how to do this. Why isn't the exports working for the calls?

I have tried to manually put them into cmake.cache.txt using this:

JASPER_INCLUDE_DIR:UNINITIALIZED=/home/will/WRF/Libs/grib2/include


JASPER_LIBRARIES:UNINITIALIZED=/home/will/WRF/Libs/grib2/lib


JPEG_LIBRARIES:UNINITIALIZED=/home/will/WRF/Libs/grib2/lib

But I am not sure if I am doing the format correctly.

Any ideas would be helpful.

[ghost]

Also tried this.
cmake -DJPEG_LIBRARIES:INTERNAL=${JPEG_LIBRARY} -DJASPER_LIBRARIES:INTERNAL=${JASPER_LIBRARIES} -DJASPER_INCLUDE_DIR:INTERNAL=${JASPER_INCLUDE_DIR} -DJPEG_INCLUDE_DIR:INTERNAL=${JPEG_INCLUDE_DIR} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${INSTALL_PREFIX} ..

[edwardhartnett]

@kgerheiser could you please post the location of the spack instructions here?

[ghost]

Was able to get NCEPLIBS installed with a few extra commands. Turns out NOAA-EMC nceplibs cannot install UPP4.1 due to some configuration change that I don't know how to fix. Using UPP4.1 due to its support of WRF.

I can post my solutions if anyone is interested for both NCAR & NOAA-EMC nceplibs.

[kgerheiser]

UPP 4.1 is really old, and I think uses a Makefile build. Our build currently work using CMake.

[ghost]

Yeah UPP 4.1 is ancient for sure. But it is listed in the WRF tutorials so I guess new users still use it.

Ah I didn't realize that cmake and Makefile were different. Thanks for the clarification.

[kgerheiser]

Well, CMake generates a makefile, so the end result is running make either way, but the CMake build assumed here is not compatible with version 4.1.

[ghost]

Thank you for the clarification.