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970603: installation problems for netCDF

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  • Subject: 970603: installation problems for netCDF
  • Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 20:38:14 -0600
>From: Thomas Finkbeiner <address@hidden>
>Organization: Stanford
>Keywords: 199706040139.TAA05059 netCDF lex

Tom,

>we are currently trying to install netcdf on our SUN Sparc 20 running
>solaris 2.5
>When trying to run the make commands, we are getting the following error
>messages:
>
>1)
>
>making `all' in directory /pele/GMT/netcdf-232pl2/ncgen
>
>lex ncgen.l
>sh: lex: not found
>*** Error code 1
>make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `ncgenyy.c'
>Current working directory /pele/GMT/netcdf-232pl2/ncgen
>*** Error code 1
>make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `ncgen/all'

You should be able to find lex in the /usr/ccs/bin directory.  Try
adjusting your PATH so that this directory is included in it and
rerun configure and make.

>2)
>
>making `test' in directory /pele/GMT/netcdf-232pl2/ncdump
>
>../ncgen/ncgen -o test0.nc -n test0.cdl
>sh: ../ncgen/ncgen: not found
>*** Error code 1
>make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `test'
>Current working directory /pele/GMT/netcdf-232pl2/ncdump
>*** Error code 1
>make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `ncdump/test'

This was caused by lex not being found in the first place.

>3)
>
>making `install' in directory /pele/GMT/netcdf-232pl2/ncgen
>
>lex ncgen.l
>sh: lex: not found
>*** Error code 1
>make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `ncgenyy.c'
>Current working directory /pele/GMT/netcdf-232pl2/ncgen
>*** Error code 1
>make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `installed_program'
>Current working directory /pele/GMT/netcdf-232pl2/ncgen
>*** Error code 1
>make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `ncgen/install'

See above.

>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
>We would appreciate any comments or suggestions you might have in order to
>resolve this problem.
>
>Thanks very much for your help.

Please adjust your PATH and try again.

>Regards Thomas
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Tom Yoksas