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Susan, Any update on your situation? Michael > HI Susan, > > This is a problem I've not heard about before, and the popup windows are > surprising. > > I have been building on 10.6 without problem but have not had a chance to > build on Lion, so I'm afraid I can't offer anything good at this time. > > I have, however, attached a link to a tarball archive of my 10.6-compiled > decoders, though I don't know at all if they'll work for you. Please let me > know and if the problems persist I'll check on 10.7 when I get a chance. > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/mjames/gempak/OSXdecoders.tar.gz > > Michael James > Unidata > > > > > > > > Hello, > > I am having trouble with LDM and GEMPAK on Mac OS 10.7 Lion. I think > > the current problems are mainly with dcgrib2, dcmetr, dcnldn dctaf > > decoders. At least I've not got a hundred windows popped up telling me > > "You can't open the application dcgrib2 because PowerPC applications > > are no longer supported." (identical windows say the same about the > > other decoders I mentioned.) I compiled both programs on this new > > machine, which is of course Intel based, not PowerPC. Is there a place > > where I could get copies of the decoders that have been recently > > compiled on an Intel Mac? Or can you suggest something I should try? > > > > Thanks for any help or advice, > > -sj > > > > > > address@hidden > > > > Susan Jane Curtis > > Computer Consultant > > Department Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences > > NC State University > > 3150 Jordan Hall - Box 8208 > > Raleigh NC 27695 > > > > 919-515-2609 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: HTT-869970 Department: Support GEMPAK Priority: Normal Status: Open