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20030811: netCDF install problem: specifying compilers

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  • Subject: 20030811: netCDF install problem: specifying compilers
  • Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:13:17 -0600
Li Xuanli,

> To: <address@hidden>
> From: <address@hidden>
> Subject: help,I cannot install netcdf
> Organization: UCAR/Unidata

The above message contained the following:

>   I need your help.I have trouble on installing netcdf.The following 
> is output of my computer. 
> $uname -a :
> Linux daqi3 2.4.18-14 #1 Wed Sep 4 13:35:50 EDT 2002 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> 
> c,c++,fortran compiler directory:
> /usr/bin/c89,cc,c++,g++,gcc
> /usr/pgi/linux86/bin/pgf90
> 
> configure.log:
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking for top-level source-directory /usr/local/netcdf-3.5.0/src
> checking for m4 preprocessor
> checking for m4... (cached) m4
> checking m4 flags... -B10000
> checking for xlc... (cached) c89
> checking C compiler "c89"... works
> checking how to make dependencies... false
> checking for CC... no
> checking for cxx... no
> checking for c++... c++
> checking C++ compiler "c++"... checking for g++... g++
> checking C++ compiler "g++"... checking for gcc... gcc
> checking C++ compiler "gcc"... checking how to run the C preprocessor... 
> (cached) c89 -E
> checking for f77... (cached) f77
> checking for Fortran .F compiler... 
> checking if Fortran-77 compiler handles *.F files... yes
> checking "f77" as Fortran-90 compiler... failed to build test program
> checking for xlf90... no
> checking for f90... no

It appears from the above that the environment variables CC, FC, F90,
and CXX were not properly set to the absolute pathnames of the C,
Fortran-77, Fortran-90, and C++ compilers, respectively, before the
configure script was executed.  My advice is to start over:

    1.  Go to the top-level source directory.

    2.  Perform steps 3 through 5 described near the end of the file
        INSTALL.html.

    3.  Ensure that environment variables are appropriately set.  The
        file "INSTALL.html" contains an example for building
        the netCDF package on a Linux system using the pgf90 Fortran
        compiler.  Use something like

            export CC=/usr/bin/gcc
            export CPPFLAGS='-DNDEBUG -DpgiFortran'
            export CFLAGS=-O
            export FC=/opt/pgi/linux86/bin/pgf90
            export FFLAGS='-O -w'
            export CXX=/usr/bin/g++

        or

            setenv CC /usr/bin/gcc
            setenv CPPFLAGS '-DNDEBUG -DpgiFortran'
            setenv CFLAGS -O
            setenv FC /opt/pgi/linux86/bin/pgf90
            setenv FFLAGS '-O -w'
            setenv CXX /usr/bin/g++

        depending on your user-shell.

    5.  Perform steps 6 through 9 described near the end of the file
        INSTALL.html.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson