Re: 980316: netcdf-3.4 installation: file "netcdf.m4"

Guido,

> From: Guido Tesch <address@hidden>
> Subject: Problem with netcdf-3.4
> Organization: University of Bonn
> Keywords: 199803162009.NAA25105 netCDF 3.4 make

In the above message, you wrote:

> I got myself the following file:
> ftp://unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/netcdf.tar.Z
> 
> I did a configure, and a make, both without any parameters, on a Red Hat
> Linux System 2.0.30.
> 
> The configure finished without problems (as far as I can tell), but the
> make gave me the following message:
> 
> 
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/netcdf-3.4/src'
> 
> Making `all' in directory /usr/local/netcdf-3.4/src/libsrc
> 
> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/netcdf-3.4/src/libsrc'
> ar cru   libnetcdf.a attr.o dim.o error.o libvers.o nc.o ncio.o ncx.o
> putget.o string.o v1hpg.o v2i.o var.o
> ranlib libnetcdf.a
> make[2]: *** No rule to make target `../man/netcdf.m4', needed by
> `netcdf.3'.  Stop.
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/netcdf-3.4/src/libsrc'
> make[1]: *** [subdir_target] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/netcdf-3.4/src'
> make: *** [libsrc/all] Error 2
> 
> 
> I must say that I rather seldomly install software packages, so maybe
> you have some hints for me how to get the thing running?...
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> Guido
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Interesting.

Does the file "/usr/local/netcdf-3.4/src/man/netcdf.m4" exist?  It
should.  If it doesn't, then you need to get it.  If it does exist, then
something's wrong with your make(1) utility.

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Steve Emmerson   <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu>