RE: problems installing ferret

[danish <danish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am the same with you.
But the problem seems depends on the ferret version.
I have installed ferret on 3 different machines but same OS (mdk 8.1) and hardware (AMD TB & XP)
Two machines successfully installed with 5.22.(Ferret 5.44 was not released when installing)
But the new version 5.44 always hang in another.
After executing Finstall and choose 1 to install.
Giving path of fer_executables.tar.Z
The screen shows

"README_`/bin/date +'%d%h%y'|tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'`: Ambiguous"

Then stop
I have no idea about this.


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ferret_users@ferret.wrc.noaa.gov [mailto:owner-ferret_users@ferret.wrc.noaa.gov]On Behalf Of arv@ono.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 5:22 PM
To: ferret_users@ferret.wrc.noaa.gov
Subject: problems installing ferret


Hi,

I'm facing a problem with the ferret installation.

System:
AMD Duron
Linux Mandrake 8.1

I've downloaded the 3 basic files (env, exec and data_sets)

I've followed the uncompressing instructions and when I've tried to run
Finstall, I get the following:

Enter your choice:
(1) Install executables, (2) Customize 'ferret_paths', (3) Exit and    
do nothing
 (1,2, or 3) --> ./Finstall: line 36: syntax error near unexpected token
`$<'
./Finstall: line 36: `set choice = $<'


So I can't follow.I'm installing ferret as superuser.

Ferret directory:

/usr/local/ferret

Thanks in advance

Antonio Rodríguez
CICEM Agua del Pino
Huelva, Spain