Rob, > To: address@hidden > From: Rob Folkert <address@hidden> > Subject: netcdf-3.3.1 > Organization: UCAR/NCAR/CGD > Keywords: 199711242203.PAA24464 In the above message, you wrote: > I need a tool to translate ascii into netcdf. To do that I need to install > the decoder package. To install the decoder package I need to have > installed the pearl package. TO install the pearl package I need to > install the netcdf package and a version of pearl 5.003 already...???? I think I understand what you're trying to do: you want to decode the ASCII NWS family-of-services products that you receive via your LDM. Is this correct? > Well I tried bravely to install netcdf version 3.3.1. I downloaded it and > unpacked it. THen I tried to run % ./configure, and that already does not > work. > > my system is uname -a > SunOS dolphin 4.1.3 1 sun4c > > exucuting ./configure gives > %: Too many arguments. Executing the command "./configure" (without the quotes) cannot result in the error "%: Too many arguments.". It appears that you are executing the command "% ./configure" instead. The "%" was given as an example of a shell prompt; don't enter it as part of the command. -------- Steve Emmerson <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu>