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Re: HDF/netcdf installation

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  • Subject: Re: HDF/netcdf installation
  • Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 14:56:34 -0700
Hi Mike,

> I guess this is the place to front this question.
> I'm trying to install HDF3.3r4 onto a SUN_SPARC (SunOS4.1.3).
> When I unpack the tar_files there is no "...hdf/lib" or
> ".../hdf/include" directory. All of the include files seem
> to be in the ".../hdf/src" directory.  This is no problem
> I just change the path in the CUSTOMIZE file.  However at
> some point during the compilation, the complier starts
> looking for the "libdf.a" library which is nowhere to be
> found.  What/where is this file??  Was it supposed to be in
> the release?
> 
> All I'm really trying to do (ultimately) is convert some
> 16-bit binary, signed integer files to HDF format.  I have
> a bunch of them so I want to do it a batch mode.  Will the
> HDF software do this??  Is there a better (easier) way (like
> without having to install the entire HDF release)?  We also
> have Macs.  Is there software to do this on the mac platform??

Sorry, but these are questions for the HDF group at NCSA, at
address@hidden.  There is also an HDF Help Desk form if you have a
forms-capable WWW browser (such as Mosaic or Netscape) at:

    http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu:8001/helpdesk.html

It doesn't sound like you even need the netCDF interface (which is what we
are responsible for), so you could probably get by just building the basic
HDF library.  The Frequently Asked Questions list for HDF, available from

    http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu:8001/HDF-FAQ.html

includes a description of how to do this.

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