GMT

Perhaps you have more than one GMT version installed in your path (i.e., did you install TM% in /usr/local/bin)? Does pscoast - return the expected version number 5.1.2_r13xxx for some xxx? If wrong version then you will need to change your path or use gmtswitch to manage several versions. Did it use to work and suddenly it failed (what changed)? If is this the first time after installing? If you run ls -l /home/ecoast/Documents/000_Software/gmt5-dev/gshhg-gmt-2.3.3 do you get the listing of all the binned_GSHHS_?.nc files and you have read permission for these?

Hi Paul,

I have been using GMT for about a month now (since when I first built and installed it) and I've not been able to get pscoast (or gmtset actually) to work in that time, so nothing has changed.

My binned_GSHHG_?.nc read permissions are all in order.

gmt --version and pscoast --version both return 5.1.2_r13775.

I'm sorry but I don't know what TM% is so perhaps this is the issue?

Cheers.

Sorry, the %TM was supposed to be GMT.
I have never used COPY_GSHHG so perhaps that is the problem. Try to remove the build dir and start over with mkdir build, cd build, cmake .. etc after commenting out that statement.
But first, please run
pscoast -Vd -R0/5/0/5 -JM5i -P -W0.25p > t.ps
and tell me if it reports which directories it is trying to find GSHHG in. Then try

pscoast -Vd -R0/5/0/5 -JM5i -P -W0.25p --DIR_GSHHG=/home/ecoast/Documents/000_Software/gmt5-dev/gshhg-gmt-2.3.3 > t.ps

If the latter works then the COPY_GSHHG did not work properly (did you run your install as root?)

pscoast -Vd -R0/5/0/5 -JM5i -P -W0.25p > t.ps
returns:

pscoast: Projected values in meters: -278299 278299 -7.08115e-10 553584
pscoast: 1. GSHHG: GSHHGDIR set, trying GSHHG_PATH-NOTFOUND/binned_GSHHS_l
pscoast: 1. GSHHG: Failure, could not access GSHHG_PATH-NOTFOUND/binned_GSHHS_l
pscoast: GMT: 1. GMT_getsharepath trying current dir
pscoast: GMT: 4. GMT_getsharepath trying SHAREDIR subdir /usr/local/share/conf
pscoast: GMT: 5. GMT_getsharepath failed
pscoast: GMT: 1. GMT_getsharepath trying current dir
pscoast: GMT: 4. GMT_getsharepath trying SHAREDIR subdir /usr/local/share/coast
pscoast: GMT: 5. GMT_getsharepath failed
pscoast: 3. GSHHG: Trying via sharepath
pscoast: GMT: 1. GMT_getsharepath trying current dir
pscoast: GMT: 4. GMT_getsharepath trying SHAREDIR subdir /usr/local/share/coast
pscoast: GMT: 5. GMT_getsharepath failed
pscoast: 4. GSHHG: Failure, could not access any GSHHG files
pscoast: GSHHG version 2.2.0 or newer is needed to use coastlines with GMT.
Get and install GSHHG from ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/gshhg/.
pscoast: Could not find file [GSHHG low resolution shorelines]
pscoast: No GSHHG databases available - must abort
pscoast: Entering GMT_Destroy_Session

And,
pscoast -Vd -R0/5/0/5 -JM5i -P -W0.25p --DIR_GSHHG=/home/ecoast/Documents/000_Software/gmt5-dev/gshhg-gmt-2.3.3 > t.ps
returns:

pscoast: Projected values in meters: -278299 278299 -7.08115e-10 553584
pscoast: 1. GSHHG: GSHHGDIR set, trying /home/ecoast/Documents/000_Software/gmt5-dev/gshhg-gmt-2.3.3/binned_GSHHS_l
pscoast: 1. GSHHG: Failure, could not access /home/ecoast/Documents/000_Software/gmt5-dev/gshhg-gmt-2.3.3/binned_GSHHS_l
pscoast: GMT: 1. GMT_getsharepath trying current dir
pscoast: GMT: 4. GMT_getsharepath trying SHAREDIR subdir /usr/local/share/conf
pscoast: GMT: 5. GMT_getsharepath failed
pscoast: GMT: 1. GMT_getsharepath trying current dir
pscoast: GMT: 4. GMT_getsharepath trying SHAREDIR subdir /usr/local/share/coast
pscoast: GMT: 5. GMT_getsharepath failed
pscoast: 3. GSHHG: Trying via sharepath
pscoast: GMT: 1. GMT_getsharepath trying current dir
pscoast: GMT: 4. GMT_getsharepath trying SHAREDIR subdir /usr/local/share/coast
pscoast: GMT: 5. GMT_getsharepath failed
pscoast: 4. GSHHG: Failure, could not access any GSHHG files
pscoast: GSHHG version 2.2.0 or newer is needed to use coastlines with GMT.
Get and install GSHHG from ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/gshhg/.
pscoast: Could not find file [GSHHG low resolution shorelines]
pscoast: No GSHHG databases available - must abort
pscoast: Entering GMT_Destroy_Session

I've rebuilt and installed GMT from a new build directory (deleted the old one) and still get the same messages from both pscoast commands.

Not sure about running the install as root sorry, I just followed the build and install steps (http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/projects/gmt/wiki/BuildingGMT).

• Found GSHHG database : /Users/pwessel/GMTdev/gshhg-gmt-2.3.4 (2.3.4, .nc)

(2.3.3 is fine too).
It sounds like yours do not say .nc at the end there, which is what your pscoast messages showed as well.

No Cygwin or odd Linux system,

I ran svn update but the version is still 5.1.2_r13775. Running cmake .. etc. from build again returned:

• Found GSHHG database : /home/ecoast/Documents/000_Software/gmt5-dev/gshhg-gmt-2.3.3 (2.3.3, .nc)

Strange this one...

So now it works?

Sorry, no still not working.

And what does the pscoast command with -Vd say now? Does it report the correct names? What kind of OS do you have?

The pscoast command returns the same as before.

My OS is: Linux ubuntumodel2 3.13.0-43-generic.

Perhaps I should remove GMT completely and build/install again?

Yes, that would be what I would do. Since we have tons of Ubuntu users (and I am running Ubuntu in dual-boot on an old PC) there must be something odd with your setup, permissions, etc.

Ok. Thanks alot for your time.

Problem solved!

I updated my cmake from version 2.8.12.2 to version 3.1.0, then rebuilt/installed GMT.

pscoast works like a charm now.

In my Ubuntu 14.04, cmake 2.8.12.2 or another component seems to corrupt the GSHHG_ROOT config parameter. A solution via a symlink:

With GSHHG in /opt/gmt/gshhg-gmt-2.3.4 and a line
set (GSHHG_ROOT "/opt/gmt/gshhg-gmt-2.3.4")
in cmake/ConfigUser.cmake,
after cmake, make and make install I get from gmtdefaults
gmtdefaults: GSHHG version 2.2.0 or newer is needed to use coastlines with GMT.
Get and install GSHHG from ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/gshhg/.
DIR_GSHHG =
and after
pscoast -Vd -R0/5/0/5 -JM5i -P -W0.25p > t.ps
a message appears:
pscoast: 1. GSHHG: GSHHGDIR set, trying /opt/gmt/gshhg-gmt-2.3.0/binned_GSHHS_l.nc
..
pscoast: 4. GSHHG: Failure, could not access any GSHHG files
pscoast: GSHHG version 2.2.0 or newer is needed to use coastlines with GMT.
Get and install GSHHG from ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/gshhg/.
After
ln -s gshhg-gmt-2.3.4 gshhg-gmt-2.3.0
in /opt/gmt, the response to pscoast changes to
pscoast: 1. GSHHG: GSHHGDIR set, trying /opt/gmt/gshhg-gmt-2.3.0/binned_GSHHS_l.nc
pscoast: 1. GSHHG: OK, could access /opt/gmt/gshhg-gmt-2.3.0/binned_GSHHS_l.nc
pscoast: GSHHG version 2.3.4

L.

Did you just update the GSHHG and tried make install? I think you need to remove the build directory and start from scratch so that the Cache files get updated.

The build was fresh, the /opt/gmt was fresh, the PATH was clean, but there was left a legacy ~/gmt.conf made by GMT 5.1.1 with the line
DIR_GSHHG = /opt/gmt/gshhg-gmt-2.3.0.
Removing the ~/gmt.conf solves the problem as well (i.e., with cmake 2.8.12.2 and without the symlink).
L.

I am using GMT 4.5.17 in Windows platform, And I am getting following error, Could anyone can tell me how could I install GSHHG files in windows platform?

pscoast: Could not find file [GSHHG full resolution shoreline]
pscoast: Could not find file [GSHHG full resolution political boundary data]
pscoast: No GSHHG databases available - must abort

I see this is an old issue, but I'd been facing this problem and looking for a solution for past 3 days. I finally found a way to solve the problem, although I am not sure whether this solution is universal, it worked for me. This is what I did.

1. Locate where are my binaries
which pscoast
/home/(username)/gmt-4.5.18/bin/pscoast

2. Locate my share directory
/home/(username)/gmt-4.5.18/share

3. I copied the GSHHS files (binned_border_c.nc etc.) I downloaded to from a legacy repository such as http://www.scc.u-tokai.ac.jp/gmt/legacy/ to my share directory (/home/(username)/gmt-4.5.18/share)

I am running GMT 4 on a linux Ubuntu 18.04

Best,
GMT fan