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Old 07-02-2020, 07:04   #1
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where did the grib viewer go??

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I've been running opencpn 5.0 on Ubuntu 18.04 since the day it was released, and many versions prior. when I installed 5.0 I was suprised that the grib viewer plugin was gone, because I use it daily, but assumed it was just a release glitch and that it would return soon.

now it's been a couple of months, and I still have no grib viewer plugin showing up. googling shows me the grib viewer is still part of the software - what gives?

anyone else having this problem??
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Old 07-02-2020, 17:27   #2
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Re: where did the grib viewer go??

Options -> plugins -> GRIB [enable] ?

Not sure if it's included in the package or you have to download sepesrately (don't remember) but it's there since day 1 of 5 for me.
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Re: where did the grib viewer go??

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Options -> plugins -> GRIB [enable] ?

Not sure if it's included in the package or you have to download sepesrately (don't remember) but it's there since day 1 of 5 for me.
nope, still gone. I have 'weather routing', 'climatology' and 'weatherfax' in the plugins list, but the grib viewer plugin is gonzo. it's been gone a few months now, went missing with one of the 5.x updates.

any ideas??
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Re: where did the grib viewer go??

Try the open plotter download with OpenCpn, the grib viewer is there as is Zygrib. Working well on the Raspberry Pi.
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Old 15-03-2020, 16:24   #5
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Try the open plotter download with OpenCpn, the grib viewer is there as is Zygrib. Working well on the Raspberry Pi.
my Linux server runs a tonne of stuff on the boat, I'm not reinstalling a whole new OS.
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nope, still gone. I have 'weather routing', 'climatology' and 'weatherfax' in the plugins list, but the grib viewer plugin is gonzo. it's been gone a few months now, went missing with one of the 5.x updates.

any ideas??
Have you enabled it? Settings, plugins, etc..

It's part of the package
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Re: where did the grib viewer go??

farotherside..
Yes Grib_pi is a part of the package.
What says your log file?
/home/..../.opencpn/opencpn.log Check the last run from start and lookup where it starts to search for plugins:
PlugInManager searching for PlugIns.....................and:
15:15:52 CET: PlugInManager: Loading PlugIn: /usr/lib/opencpn/libgrib_pi.so
15:15:52 CET: PlugInManager: /usr/lib/opencpn/libgrib_pi.so

If you find these rows what's after that about grib_pi?


If you don't have anything in the log file about libgrib_pi.so try to reinstall OpenCPN.


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Have you enabled it? Settings, plugins, etc..

It's part of the package
been using the software for many years. the plugin is gone for me, and I have no idea why.

I just now blew away my opencpn install (uninstall the deb packages, rm -rf /usr/share/opencpn, rm -rf ~/.opencpn) and rebooted, then removed and re-added the PPA repository as the docs say (first link when googling 'opencpn ubuntu') and reinstalled the latest packages using 'apt-get install opencpn'.

opencpn reports version 5.0.522. here's my plugins list:
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farotherside..
Yes Grib_pi is a part of the package.
What says your log file?
oh jeeze. of course there's a logfile. <slaps forehead>.

here's my problem:
Code:
19:22:57 CST: Checking plugin candidate: /usr/lib/opencpn/libgrib_pi.so
19:22:57 CST: PLugin is compatible: true
19:22:57 CST: PlugInManager: Loading PlugIn: /usr/lib/opencpn/libgrib_pi.so
19:22:57 CST: Error: /usr/lib/opencpn/libgrib_pi.so: undefined symbol: _ZThn696_N6wxGrid31GetSizeAvailableForScrollTargetERK6wxSize
19:22:57 CST:    PlugInManager: Cannot load library: /usr/lib/opencpn/libgrib_pi.so
ideas on what might be the root cause? a bad library somewhere, perhaps?
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Re: where did the grib viewer go??

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been using the software for many years. the plugin is gone for me, and I have no idea why.

I just now blew away my opencpn install (uninstall the deb packages, rm -rf /usr/share/opencpn, rm -rf ~/.opencpn) and rebooted, then removed and re-added the PPA repository as the docs say (first link when googling 'opencpn ubuntu') and reinstalled the latest packages using 'apt-get install opencpn'.

opencpn reports version 5.0.522. here's my plugins list:
Open the log file and tell us what it says about plugins. It will give some kind of message if it cannot open the grib plugin shared object file.
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oh jeeze. of course there's a logfile. <slaps forehead>.

here's my problem:
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19:22:57 CST: Checking plugin candidate: /usr/lib/opencpn/libgrib_pi.so
19:22:57 CST: PLugin is compatible: true
19:22:57 CST: PlugInManager: Loading PlugIn: /usr/lib/opencpn/libgrib_pi.so
19:22:57 CST: Error: /usr/lib/opencpn/libgrib_pi.so: undefined symbol: _ZThn696_N6wxGrid31GetSizeAvailableForScrollTargetERK6wxSize
19:22:57 CST:    PlugInManager: Cannot load library: /usr/lib/opencpn/libgrib_pi.so
ideas on what might be the root cause? a bad library somewhere, perhaps?
It sounds like an incompatibility with wxWidgets libraries. What exact OS and distribution are you running?

Can you run this command in a shell prompt? What does it output?

wx-config --version
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Re: where did the grib viewer go??

Also, run this and tell us the output.

cat /etc/os-release
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It sounds like an incompatibility with wxWidgets libraries. What exact OS and distribution are you running?

Can you run this command in a shell prompt? What does it output?

wx-config --version
first post says Ubuntu 18.04.

wxWidgets v.3.0.4
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first post says Ubuntu 18.04.

wxWidgets v.3.0.4
Please post the output from:

cat /etc/os-release
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Please post the output from:

cat /etc/os-release
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[root@xwing] ~ # cat /etc/os-release 
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="18.04.4 LTS (Bionic Beaver)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS"
VERSION_ID="18.04"
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
VERSION_CODENAME=bionic
UBUNTU_CODENAME=bionic
[root@xwing] ~ #
bog-standard Ubuntu 18.04, as stated.
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