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Yan, Please give us more information. Please tell us what operating system you are running on and what version of the IDV you are trying to start. You may also try to move the ~/.unidata directory out of the way. mv ~/.unidata ~/dotunidata and restart the IDV. Keep us up-to-date on your progress. Best, Unidata IDV Support > > hi,when I type ./runIDV to run IDV,but failed to strat. > ./runIDV: line 69: java.lang.NullPointerException: command not found > ./runIDV: eval: line 70: syntax error near unexpected token `(' > ./runIDV: eval: line 70: ` at > ucar.unidata.xml.XmlEncoder.getObjectFromId(XmlEncoder.java:902)' > please help me. > Thanks very much. > Yan > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ZOC-798503 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed