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>To: address@hidden >From: "Maudood Khan" <address@hidden> >Subject: Re: 20030501: NETCDF on Linux 8.0 >Organization: >Keywords: 200305011127.h41BRn7U003617 Hi Maudood, > Following is the screen output on executing configure for netcdf-3.5.1-beta5. > I have also tried netcdf-3.5.0. > > Does this mean that the compiler is not properly installed? > > thanks. > maudood > > ==================================================== > > [maudoodk@ram src]$ ./configure > loading cache ./config.cache > checking for top-level source-directory > /airarch/maudood/netcdf/netcdf-3.5.1-beta5/src > checking for m4 preprocessor > checking for m4... m4 > checking m4 flags... -B10000 > checking C compiler "/usr/bin/gcc"... failed to compile test program > checking how to make dependencies... false > checking for /usr/bin/g++... /usr/bin/g++ > checking C++ compiler "/usr/bin/g++"... configure: warning: /usr/bin/g++ > failed on test program > configure: warning: Could not find working C++ compiler > configure: warning: Setting CXX to the empty string > configure: warning: The C++ interface will not be built > checking how to run the C preprocessor... /lib/cpp > checking user-defined Fortran-77 compiler "/usr/pgi/linux86/bin/pgf90"... > works > checking for Fortran .F compiler... > checking if Fortran-77 compiler handles *.F files... yes > checking "/usr/pgi/linux86/bin/pgf90" as Fortran-90 compiler... works > checking for nm utility > checking for nm... nm > checking nm flags... > checking for C-equivalent to Fortran routine "SUB"... sub_ > checking for Fortran "byte"... yes > checking for Fortran "integer*2"... yes > checking if Fortran "byte" is C "signed char"... configure: error: Could not > compile conftest.c > [maudoodk@ram src]$ which c++ > /usr/bin/c++ > [maudoodk@ram src]$ which gcc > /usr/bin/gcc Yes, it's possible that the gcc installation is not correctly installed. Please try the netcdf-3.5.1-beta10 release from ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/netcdf-beta.tar.Z When running the "configure" script, If you still get checking C compiler "/usr/bin/gcc"... failed to compile test program then please follow the instructions on Reporting Problems at the end of the INSTALL instructions: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/INSTALL.html#ReportingProblems In particular, check the associated error message in the "config.log" file that logs output of all the tests run by configure to see why gcc failed, or just send the "config.log" file to "address@hidden" and we will determine why the configure script thinks gcc doesn't work. --Russ _____________________________________________________________________ Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://my.unidata.ucar.edu