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> >Organization: . > >Keywords: 199507260347.AA29262 Hi Peter, > I tried to set GMT on my Pentium-PC with a LINUX (version 1.2x). > So, I downloaded a copy of netcdf-232pl4.tar.Z from unidata.ucar.edu. > Apparently, I did not get the job done. WHen I configured NETCDF, following > message appeared on screen: > > " ./configure: the following variables need values. > > variables meaning example > > OS Operating System sunos " > > > Given these clues, could you tell me if NETCDF is applicable on PC > with > LINUX? If it should work, give me some instructions to configure netcdf > on my PC. It has been ported to LINUX, and we've added information on how to build netCDF on LINUX to our Frequently Asked Questions list at http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/faq.html 16. How can I build netCDF under Linux? Frank Dzaak (address@hidden) reports the following changes to the current version are sufficient: 1. Before running configure, set OS=linux in your environment or in Makefile.in. 2. For a FORTRAN interface, copy fortran/sunos.m4 to fortran/linux.m4 and in that file change the name Sun to Linux with define(`M4__SYSTEM', Linux) 3. Copy the definition of the "STREQ" macro from ncgen/ncgenyy.c to ncgen/ncgentab.c. These are reported to work for Linux kernel 1.0.9, CC=gcc(2.5.8), F77=f2c, LEX=flex, YACC=bison. ______________________________________________________________________________ Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu