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>Date: Thu, 11 Aug 94 15:15:55 -0700 >From: address@hidden (John del Corral) >To: address@hidden >Subject: Netcdf install probs. In the above message you wrote: > I am trying to install netcdf-232pl2 on one of our sgi's >with Irix 5.2 and run into this problem when doing the 'make install'. > > >making `install' in directory /usr/local/netcdf/netcdf-232pl2/xdr > > >returning to directory /usr/local/netcdf/netcdf-232pl2 > > >making `install' in directory /usr/local/netcdf/netcdf-232pl2/fortran > > /sbin/install -c -m 664 netcdf.inc /usr/local/netcdf/include/netcdf.inc >/sbin/install: illegal option -c. >usage: /sbin/install [-m mode] [-u owner] [-g group] [-idb attribute] [-new] > [-o] [-O] [-rawidb idbpath] [-root rootpath] [-s] [-t] [-v] > optionally, one of [-blk maj,min[,off]] [-chr maj,min[,off]] [-dir] > [-fifo] [-ln path] [-lns path] [-src path] > one of [-f dir] [-F dir] (mandatory unless -dir is used) > file1 file2 ... fileN (pathnames of files to install) Set the environment variable INSTALL to the BSD install(1) on your system (I forget where that is) and then rerun the `configure' script and redo the `make all'. -------- Steve Emmerson <address@hidden>