Re: (Fwd)

>To: Russ Rew <address@hidden>
>From: "Peter Valdes Sosa" <address@hidden>
>Subject: query (netCDF on Linux)
>Organization: Centro de Neurociencias de Cuba
>Keywords: 199705081959.NAA00880

Peter,

> We downloaded the version 2.4.3. When we set out to compile, there
> were errors again.
> 
> Version 2.4 was also compiled with the changes you
> recommended and there was errorsalso.  
> Here almost all was OK.
> 
> make all ------------> OK
> make test-----------> OK
> make install --------->  NOT OK

We currently only have access to version 2.4.3 and version 3.3beta.
Version 2.4.3 has bugs fixed in it from version 2.4 and works on more
platforms.  It has also been tested successfully on Linux.  Version 2.4
is unsupported, but I'll try to answer your question anyway.

> BEGIN (version 2.4)
> 
> making `install' in directory /usr/bin/display/netcdf-2.4/xdr
 ...
> making `install' in directory /usr/bin/display/netcdf-2.4/ncdump
> 
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/bin/display/netcdf-2.4/ncdump'
> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/bin/display/netcdf-2.4/ncdump'
> cc -o ncdump -O ncdump.o vardata.o dumplib.o ../libsrc/libnetcdf.a cp
> ncdump =/root/david/net/bin/ncdump make[2]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/bin/display/netcdf-2.4/ncdump' make[2]: Entering directory
> `/usr/bin/display/netcdf-2.4/ncdump' make[2]: Nothing to be done for
> `installed_manual'. make[2]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/bin/display/netcdf-2.4/ncdump' make: *** empty variable name. 
> Stop. make[1]: *** [installed_manuals] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving
> directory `/usr/bin/display/netcdf-2.4/ncdump' make: ***
> [ncdump/install] Error 127

This looks like an error occurred in trying to install the ncdump man
page (reference documentation).  You could just copy the file ncdump.1
to wherever you want the man pages installed, then drop into the
src/ncgen/ directory and type "make install" to finish the
installation.

> BEGIN (version 2.4.3)
> 
> making `all' in directory /usr/bin/display/netcdf-2.4.3/port
> 
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/bin/display/netcdf-2.4.3/port'
> make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.

  ...

> making `all' in directory /usr/bin/display/netcdf-2.4.3/ncdump
> 
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/bin/display/netcdf-2.4.3/ncdump'
> cc -o ncdump -O ncdump.o vardata.o dumplib.o ../libsrc/libnetcdf.a
> file.o(.text+0x2c): undefined reference to `GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_'
> file.o(.text+0x9d): undefined reference to `GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_'
> file.o(.text+0x17e): undefined reference to `GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_'
> file.o(.text+0x27d): undefined reference to `GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_'
> file.o(.text+0x2dd): undefined reference to `GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_'
> file.o(.text+0x370): more undefined references to `GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_' 
> follow

I think this is a symptom of using an old version of the gcc compiler
with a newer version of the Linux kernel.  I found the following
suggestion:

    If the errors look like this:

    /usr/lib/crt0.o(.text+0x35): undefined reference to `main'
    accum.o(.text+0x1d): undefined reference to `GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_'
    accum.o(.text+0x224): undefined reference to `GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_'
    etc...

    Then you probably don't have a gcc compiler with ELF support even
    though your kernel can run ELF binaries. Try gcc-2.7.2 or later.

at the URL http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/bp/MesaFAQ.html
in reference to problems compiling a different package on Linux.
    
Good luck.

    
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Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
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