Re: 20030314: problems installing netcdf (fwd)

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Date:    Thu, 03 Apr 2003 16:21:08 -0700
From:    Russ Rew <address@hidden>
To:      Arjan van Dijk <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: 20030314: problems installing netcdf 

>To: address@hidden
>From: Arjan van Dijk <address@hidden>
>Subject: problems installing netcdf
>Organization: Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University
>Keywords: 200303141229.h2ECTJB2012936

Hi Arjan,

I'm very sorry this reply is so late.  I went on vacation for two
weeks shortly after seeing it, and then I inadvertently lost it.  I
hope this reply is still of some use to you.

> This week I have downloaded the sources of your netcdf library and 
> tried to install them on our supercomputer. I failed. Below you find 
> the details. Can you please help me out?



> #########################################################################
> #
> # uname -a gives:
> #
> #########################################################################
> 
> IRIX64 p1 6.5 04101930 IP35
> 
> #########################################################################
> #
> # VERSION:
> #
> #########################################################################
> 
> 3.5.0
> 
> #########################################################################
> #
> # Pathnames of compilers:
> #
> #########################################################################
> 
> /opt/MIPSpro/MIPSpro/usr/bin/c89
> /opt/MIPSpro/bin/cc
> /opt/MIPSpro/bin/f77
> /opt/MIPSpro/bin/f90
> 
> #########################################################################
> #
> # configure.log:
> #
> #########################################################################
> 
> creating cache ./config.cache
> checking for top-level source-directory
> /home/kentar/netcdf-3.5.0/src
> checking for m4 preprocessor
> checking for m4... m4
> checking m4 flags... -B10000
> checking C compiler "/bin/c89"... failed to compile test program
> checking how to make dependencies... cc -M
> checking for /bin/cc... /bin/cc
> checking C++ compiler "/bin/cc"... configure: warning: /bin/cc failed 
> on test program

The above indicates failure of the configure script to compile a
simple C test program.  Checking the reason for this later in the
config.log output

> 
> #########################################################################
> #
> # config.log:
> #
> #########################################################################
> 
> This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
> running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
> 
> configure:928: checking for top-level source-directory
> configure:938: checking for m4 preprocessor
> configure:945: checking for m4
> configure:1012: checking m4 flags
> configure:1085: checking C compiler "/bin/c89"
> configure:1094: /bin/c89 -c -O -DNDEBUG conftest.c 1>&5
> ./configure[1093]: /bin/c89:  not found
> configure: failed program was:
> #line 1087 "configure"
> #include "confdefs.h"
> 
> int main() {
> 
> ; return 0; }
> configure:1121: checking how to make dependencies
> configure:1189: checking for /bin/cc
> configure:1225: checking C++ compiler "/bin/cc"
> configure:1243: /bin/cc -o conftest -O -DNDEBUG  conftest.C  1>&5
> ./configure[1242]: /bin/cc:  not found

indicates that it couldn't find the compilers /bin/c89 or /bin/cc.  If
you want to use /opt/MIPSpro/MIPSpro/usr/bin/c8 for your C compiler,
you will need to set the necessary environment variable CC before
running the configure script, as explained in the installation
instructions:

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

The settings we have tested for IRIX64 platforms:

    CC=/bin/c89
    FC=/bin/f90  # builds both f77 and f90 interfaces
    CXX=/bin/CC
    CXXFLAGS=-LANG:std  # only needed for netcdf 3.5.1 and later

assumed that the C compiler (or a link to it) was installed in
/bin/c89.  If this is not the case, you need to explicitly tell the
configure script where to find it, as in

    CC=/opt/MIPSpro/MIPSpro/usr/bin/c89
    FC=/opt/MIPSpro/bin/f90  # builds both f77 and f90 interfaces
    CXX=''              # if you don't want the C++ interface

Other environment variable settings we have used successfully with
IRIX64 are listed here:

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

Before trying these, you will need to "make clean" and "rm
config.cache" in the directory where you are building netCDF.  Please
let us know if there are still problems.

If you want to build the C++ interface as well, I recommend that you
use the latest beta release of netCDF, available from 

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

Apologies again for taking so long to reply to your question ...

--Russ

_____________________________________________________________________

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

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