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