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> I am sorry. I am having a really tough time understanding how to source it…. > Change the first line of Gemenviron.profile to NAWIPS=/Users/CSimek2/Documents/GEMPAK7 then add the following line to the file ~/.bashrc . /Users/CSimek2/Documents/GEMPAK7/Gemenviron.profile Then open another terminal and confirm the GEMPAK variables are available with env |grep GEMPAK Please refer again to: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/gempak/doc/install.html#sourcing > > > > On Jul 22, 2016, at 1:58 PM, Unidata GEMPAK Support <address@hidden> wrote: > > > >> I recreated the symbolic link like you just said and I got it to show up > >> in my directory but I get this message: > >> > >> > >> Collins-MacBook-Pro:~ CSimek2$ cd NAWIPS > >> Collins-MacBook-Pro:NAWIPS CSimek2$ make everything > >> make: *** /: Is a directory. Stop. > >> > > > > You need to source the Gemenviron.profile file BEFORE you run "make > > everything" in that directory. The way sourcing works is that you can do > > it once for the current terminal (. Gemenviron.profile), or add that line > > to your .bashrc file and then open another terminal. > > > > BEFORE you run "make everything", run the command "env | grep GEMPAK" to > > print out the environmental variables used by GEMPAK. If you see nothing > > from that "env" command, you have not sourced the Gemenviron.profile file. > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: KWB-338769 > > Department: Support GEMPAK > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Open > > =================== > > NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the > > Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through > > the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in > > this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us. > > > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: KWB-338769 Department: Support GEMPAK Priority: Normal Status: Open =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.