970603: installation problems for netCDF (cont.)

>From: Thomas Finkbeiner <address@hidden>
>Organization: Stanford
>Keywords: 199706040139.TAA05059 netCDF lex

Tom,

>thanks very much for your prompt reply; I'll try soon. Here are a 
>couple of more question I forgot to ask: 
>Do I run configure and make from root as superuser or just as a normal user? 

We typically build our packages NOT as root.

>Also, how about access privileges for the netcdf directories and files?
>Who should own them, who should have xwr rights?

The user that builds them should, of course, own them.  Everyone should
have execute permission for the executables.  Others may want read access
to source files, and the owner should have write access.

>Can you suggest the most ideal home directory for the library? Or would
>any partition suffice?

This is a much broader question than can be answered simply.  In general
we advise our sites to install our packages in /usr/local.  Many sites,
however, choose to install in /home, or in some cases /unidata.  The
choice is really up to you as long as you don't install the stuff in
system directories (this just makes your life harder in the future).

>Thanks again for your support.

You are welcome.

>Best regards Thomas

Tom Yoksas

>From address@hidden  Sun Jun  8 11:55:28 1997
>Tom,
>We've finally managed to install GMT3.0 on our Sun workstation. Thanks
>again for your help.
>
>Balz
>
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