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Hi LySanias, re: need to install Zlib and XM2 development packages to build latest LDM versions > That's a bummer. Again, the change was made to satisfy security questions that were brought to our attention by the folks at Wright Patterson Air Base. re: > Is it possible to have the "regular" with those packages included. You could install one of the older LDM versions. re: > LDM is easy to install so long as everything goes as planned but when > something goes wrong it's not so easy anymore. I tried the RPM version > also but that bombed out. Not knowing the specifics of the "bombing out" I would be speculating to say that the cause was probably due to a needed shared library not being installed on the machine on which you were trying to run the RPM distribution. re: > From where do you recommend we download the additional required libraries? This depends on the Operating System your machine is running. If you are running a Linux distribution that supports RPM package installations (e.g., RedHat Linux variants), then you ('root' on your machine) should be able to install the needed packages very easily: sudo su - yum install zlib-devel libxml2-devel exit After the packages are installed, the LDM build should go smoothly: <as 'ldm'> cd ~ldm/ldm-6.11.6/src make distclean ./configure && make install 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: GDV-785629 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed