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Hi Darren, I am the so-called GEMPAK guru on vacation in Norway at the moment. I have another user who reported the same build problem with Scientific Linux earlier this year, but before we look at operating system-specific issues, can you confirm that you are sourcing the environmental variable file Gemenviron? For tcsh and bash-specific sourcing, see http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/gempak/doc/install.html#sourcing The reason I ask this is that I reproduce the "make: *** /: Is a directory. Stop." error if I deliberately do NOT source the Gemenviron file and attempt a build. Once I then source the file, the build works as it should. Michael James Unidata > Hi Darren, > > Our GEMPAK guru is on travel at the moment and likely not able to get online > and answer questions... I will try to help. > > > I am having an issue with the GEMPAK 6.10 build. I am using Scientific > > Liunx and have > > downloaded the tarball for the GEMPAK source code. I've gone through the > > installation > > guide and am getting hung up on compiling the GEMPAK source. After I > > execute the "make > > all >$ make.out" command, I find the make.out file only contains "make: *** > > /: Is a > > directory. Stop." > > Questions: > > - was your 'make' invocation: > > make all >$ make.out > > If yes, this may be the problem. The invocation should be: > > make all >& make.out > > - what directory were you in when you ran 'make'? > > - I assume that you went through the various items listed in the > GEMPAK installation page: > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/gempak/doc/install.html > > Is it possible that you skipped any steps? > > re: > > I have consulted the past GEMPAK threads and found them to be of little > > help on this > > matter. Can you provide any assistance? > > Hopefully, the solution is as simple as changing the 'make' invocation -- > your output redirection above is incorrect. If that is not the problem, > my next guess is that you were in the wrong directory when you ran 'make'; > you have a configuration error in your Gemenviron or Gemenviron.profile; > and/or > you did not make the settings in your Gemenviron or Gemenviron.profile file > active before attempting the build. > > Cheers, > > Tom > -- > **************************************************************************** > Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program > (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 > address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu > **************************************************************************** > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: QBN-292365 Department: Support GEMPAK Priority: Normal Status: Closed