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I am trying to install netcdf-2.4-beta6 on a SGI runnig IRIX 5.3, and I get the following: [spode:root:/usr/local/netcdf-2.4-beta6/src] 70 % configure loading cache ./config.cache checking for fill-value usage... new usage checking the installation prefix... /usr/local/netcdf-2.4-beta6 checking the installation exec-prefix... /usr/local/netcdf-2.4-beta6 checking type of operating system... irix5 checking type of machine... sgi checking for ranlib... : checking for C compiler... cc checking how to run the C preprocessor... cc -E checking the C preprocessor... works checking for f77... f77 checking for CC... CC checking for yacc... yacc checking for neqn... neqn checking for tbl... tbl checking for ar... ar checking for makeinfo... no checking for tar flags... -chof checking for dependency generation mechanism... cc -M checking whether cross-compiling... yes checking size of int... configure: error: can not run test program while cross compiling Could you give me some advice on how to proceed? Thanks, Vincent ,,, (o o) *--------------------------o0o-(_)-o0o---------------------------* | Vincent Fournier-Sicre | *----------------------------------------------------------------* | 2241 Sverdrup Hall | | | 9500 Gilman Drive | Phone : 619-534-8947 | | SIO, UCSD | Fax : 619-534-2997 | | La Jolla, CA 92093-0218 | | *----------------------------------------------------------------* | Email : address@hidden | *----------------------------------------------------------------*