960731: Solaris installation: /usr/ucb/cc

David,

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> cc: address@hidden
> From: address@hidden (David L. Dubois)
> Subject: Installing netCDF on a Solaris machine
> Organization: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
> Keywords: 199607311346.AA14342

In the above message you wrote:

> Hello,
>  I'm having trouble installing netCDF on a SPARC LX and a SPARC 4. I've
> tried to install both netCDF-2.3.2pl2 and netCDF-2.4.2 with similar results.
> I run configure and get:
> 
> reading configuration customizations
> checking for cc
> checking for ar
> checking for ranlib
> checking for fill value usage
> setting the installation prefix
> checking for type of machine
> checking for which
> checking how to run the C preprocessor
> checking for f77
> checking for neqn
> checking for tbl
> checking for install
> checking for makeinfo
> checking endianess
> checking type of netlong
> checking for XDR header-file
> checking XDR library
> checking for function prototypes
> checking for working const
> checking for variadic function support
> checking for strerror
> checking for package version
> creating config.status
> creating Makefile
> creating xdr/Makefile
> creating libsrc/Makefile
> creating fortran/Makefile
> creating ncgen/Makefile
> creating ncdump/Makefile
> creating nctest/Makefile
> creating doc/Makefile
> creating port/Makefile
> creating port/master.mk
> creating libsrc/netcdf.h
> /usr/ucb/cc:  language optional software package not installed
> conftest: No such file or directory
> 
> Thinking that it has created all the makefiles I need, I then issue the
> "make all" command and get:
> 
> making `all' in directory /melt/netcdf-2.3.2pl2/port
> 
> incdir=`echo /melt/include | sed s',/,\\\/,g'`; \
> cc -M -I. -DNDEBUG -DNO_HAVE_PROTOTYPES -Dconst= -DNO_STDARG -DNO_STRERROR 
> *.c 2> /dev/null | \
>     awk '{ \
>         if ($0 ~ /:/) { \
>             target      = $1; \
>             if (target ~ /:/) { \
>                 target  = substr(target,1,length(target)-1); \
>                 start   = 2; \
>             } else { \
>                 start   = 3; \
>             } \
>         } else { \
>             start       = 1; \
>         } \
>         for (i = start; i <= NF; ++i) { \
>             if ($i !~ /^\\/ && \
>                 $i !~ /port\// && \
>                 $i !~ /^\//) \
>                 print target ": " $i \
>         } \
>     }' > depend
> tag='### DO NOT DELETE THIS LINE.  make depend DEPENDS ON IT ###'; \
>     sed -e "/^$tag$/r depend" \
>         -e "/^$tag$/q" Makefile > Makefile.new
> mv Makefile.new Makefile
> cc -c -I. -DNDEBUG -DNO_HAVE_PROTOTYPES -Dconst= -DNO_STDARG -DNO_STRERROR -O 
> uddummy.c
> /usr/ucb/cc:  language optional software package not installed
> *** Error code 1
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `uddummy.o'
> Current working directory /melt/netcdf-2.3.2pl2/port
> *** Error code 1
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `all'
> Current working directory /melt/netcdf-2.3.2pl2/port
> *** Error code 1
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `port/all'
> 
> These were specific to the netCDF-2.3.2pl2 version on the SPARC LX.
> The main problem seems to be this
> 
> /usr/ucb/cc:  language optional software package not installed
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Is there a solution you're aware of? If not can I work around it and just tar
> a working version off a SunOS machine. All this is in prep for installing
> GMT 3.0.
> 
>     Thanks in advance,
>         David DuBois
>         WHOI

If you're trying to build the netCDF pacakge using /usr/ucb/cc then
you'll probably have severe problems.  That's a very, very old and
non-standard compiler.  I suggest that you try building the latest
netCDF package (version 2.4.2) using a Standard C compiler.  The easiest
way to ensure that the correct compiler is used is to place the
containing directory near the front of your PATH environment variable.

I suggest that you try the following:

    1.  Go to the top-level source directory of the netCDF 2.4.2 package.

    2.  Remove the file `config.cache' if it exists.

    3.  Save the output from the command `uname -a'.

    4.  Save the output from the command `env'.

    5.  Execute the `configure' script.  Save the output.

    6.  Stop if the above fails and send me all previous output.

    7.  Execute the command `make'.  Save the output.

    8.  Stop if the above fails and send me all previous output.

    9.  Execute the command `make test'.  Save the output.

    10.  Stop if the above fails and send me all previous output.

    11.  Execute the command `make install'.  Save the output.

    12.  Stop if the above fails and send me all previous output.

    13.  Execute the command `make clean'.

Please let me know if this helps.

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Steve Emmerson   <address@hidden>