Re: 20011226: netCDF WITH OPENdx/CYGWIN.....

>To: address@hidden
>From: "Sharmin Kabir" <address@hidden>
>Subject: netCDF WITH OPENdx/CYGWIN.....
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200112220245.fBM2jfN00306

Hi Sharmin,

> I would like to use NETCDF with my opendx/cygwin. Could you pl tell me 
> exactly which files are needed to use with opendx/cygwin from the ftp site
> 
> ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/
> 
> I saw many files there!!!! I will be happy, if you tell me exactly which 
> files do I need. After executing the tar command, how will it  compile and 
> build the needed files for me? will it require any command ? Could you pl 
> tell me about it.

Get the netCDF 3.5.0 source release from:

  ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/netcdf.tar.Z

or the equivalent ZIP file from

  ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/netcdf.ZIP

and expand it.  Then just follow the installation instructions in

  http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/INSTALL.html

using CC=gcc and FC=g77 (if you need the Fortran interface for
opendx).

You may have a problem when you get to the "make install" step, since
the executables are created as "ncdump.exe" and "ncgen.exe" instead of
just "ncdump" and "ncgen", so you will have to copy these by hand to
wherever you want to install them.  They may not be needed by
opendx; I think it only needs to link against the netcdf library.

We don't have a CYGWIN system here, so if you have problems with the
installation, please send complete details, as outlined at the end of
the INSTALL document.

--Russ

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Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
address@hidden                     http://www.unidata.ucar.edu