20040105: Problems installing netcdf on Mac OSX

Don,

> To: address@hidden
> From: Don Spong <address@hidden>
> Subject: Problems installing netcdf on Mac OSX
> Organization: ORNL
> Keywords: 200401050423.i054NWp2005410 netCDF MacOS-X IBM XLF

The above message contained the following:

> I'm trying to install netcdf on my Mac OS X system and am running 
> into some errors in the make step.  I am trying to get netcdf to use 
> IBM's xlf fortran compiler which has been ported to Mac OSX and which 
> I have successfully tested on other code.

We've had some reports of problems building the netCDF package on a
MacOS-X system using the xlf(1) compiler.  Unfortunately, we don't have
that platform here so what I'll suggest is based on reports from others.

> A.  uname -a gives:
> 
> Darwin Don-Spongs-Computer.local 7.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 7.2.0: 
> Thu Dec 11 16:20:23 PST 2003; root:xnu/xnu-517.3.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC 
> Power Macintosh powerpc
> 
> B. VERSION has 3.5.0 in it
> 
> C.  Pathnames of C, C++, fortran and fortran90 compilers:
> 
> /usr/bin/cc
> /usr/bin/c++
> /Applications/opt/ibmcmp/xlf/8.1/bin/xlf
> /Applications/opt/ibmcmp/xlf/8.1/bin/xlf90
> 
> D.  Contents of configure.log:
> 
> creating cache ./config.cache
> checking for top-level source-directory
> /Users/spongda/Desktop/netcdf-3-1.5.0/src
> checking for m4 preprocessor
> checking for m4... m4
> checking m4 flags...
> checking C compiler "/usr/bin/cc"... works
> checking how to make dependencies... false
> checking for /usr/bin/c++... /usr/bin/c++
> checking C++ compiler "/usr/bin/c++"... works
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... /usr/bin/cc -E
> checking user-defined Fortran-77 compiler 
> "/Applications/opt/ibmcmp/xlf/8.1/bin/xlf"... works
> checking for Fortran .F compiler...
> checking if Fortran-77 compiler handles *.F files... yes
> checking user-defined Fortran-90 compiler 
> "/Applications/opt/ibmcmp/xlf/8.1/bin/xlf90"... 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"... yes
> checking if Fortran "byte" is C "short"... no
> checking if Fortran "byte" is C "int"... no
> checking if Fortran "byte" is C "long"... no
> checking if Fortran "integer*2" is C "short"... yes
> checking if Fortran "integer*2" is C "int"... no
> checking if Fortran "integer*2" is C "long"... no
> checking if Fortran "integer" is C "int"... yes
> checking if Fortran "real" is C "float"... yes
> checking if Fortran "doubleprecision" is C "double"... yes
> checking for Fortran-equivalent to netCDF "byte"... byte
> checking for Fortran-equivalent to netCDF "short"... integer*2
> checking for math library
> checking for tanh in -lc... yes
> checking for ar utility
> checking for ar... ar
> checking ar flags... cru
> checking for nm utility
> checking for nm... (cached) nm
> checking nm flags...
> checking for ranlib... ranlib
> checking for stdlib.h... yes
> checking for sys/types.h... yes
> checking for strerror... yes
> checking for working ftruncate()... yes
> checking for working alloca.h... yes
> checking for alloca... yes
> checking for st_blksize in struct stat... yes
> checking for IEEE floating point format... yes
> checking for ANSI C header files... yes
> checking for size_t... yes
> checking for off_t... yes
> checking for ssize_t... yes
> checking for ptrdiff_t... yes
> checking for uchar... no
> checking whether char is unsigned... no
> checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... yes
> checking size of short... 2
> checking size of int... 4
> checking size of long... 4
> checking size of float... 4
> checking size of double... 8
> checking size of off_t... 8
> checking size of size_t... 4
> checking for catman... catman
> checking for manual-page index command... catman -w -M $(MANDIR)
> checking binary distribution directory... /home/ftp/pub/binary/dummy_system
> updating cache ./config.cache
> creating ./config.status
> creating macros.make
> udcreating fortran/nfconfig.inc
> creating libsrc/ncconfig.h
...
> F.  Contents of make.log:
> 
> 
> Making `all' in directory /Users/spongda/Desktop/netcdf-3-1.5.0/src/fortran
> 
> /usr/bin/cc -c -O -I../libsrc   fort-attio.c
> 
> 
> Making `all' in directory /Users/spongda/Desktop/netcdf-3-1.5.0/src/libsrc
> 
> ar cru libnetcdf.a attr.o dim.o error.o libvers.o nc.o ncio.o ncx.o 
> putget.o string.o v1hpg.o v2i.o var.o
> ranlib libnetcdf.a
> 
> Returning to directory /Users/spongda/Desktop/netcdf-3-1.5.0/src
> 
> 
> Making `all' in directory /Users/spongda/Desktop/netcdf-3-1.5.0/src/fortran
> 
> /usr/bin/cc -c -O -I../libsrc   fort-attio.c
> In file included from ncfortran.h:13,
>                   from fort-attio.c:6:
> cfortran.h:134:3: #error "cfortran.h:  Can't find your environment 
> among:    - MIPS cc and f77 2.0. (e.g. Silicon Graphics, DECstations, 
> ...)         - IBM AIX XL C and FORTRAN Compiler/6000 Version 
> 01.01.0000.0000         - VAX   VMS CC 3.1 and FORTRAN 5.4. 
> - Alpha VMS DEC C 1.3 and DEC FORTRAN 6.0. 
> - Alpha OSF DEC C and DEC Fortran for OSF/1 AXP Version 1.2 
> - Apollo DomainOS 10.2 (sys5.3) with f77 10.7 and cc 6.7. 
> - CRAY 
> - NEC SX-4 SUPER-UX 
> - CONVEX 
> - Sun 
> - PowerStation Fortran with Visual C++ 
> - HP9000s300/s700/s800 Latest test with: HP-UX A.08.07 A 9000/730 
> - LynxOS: cc or gcc with f2c. 
> - VAXUltrix: vcc,cc or gcc with f2c. gcc or cc with f77. 
> -            f77 with vcc works; but missing link magic for f77 I/O. 
> -            NO fort. None of gcc, cc or vcc generate required names. 
> - f2c    : Use #define    f2cFortran, or cc -Df2cFortran 
> - NAG f90: Use #define NAGf90Fortran, or cc -DNAGf90Fortran 
> - Absoft UNIX F77: Use #define AbsoftUNIXFortran or cc 
> -DAbsoftUNIXFortran     - Absoft Pro Fortran: Use #define 
> AbsoftProFortran     - Portland Group Fortran: Use #define pgiFortran"
> make[2]: *** [fort-attio.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [subdir_target] Error 1
> make: *** [fortran/all] Error 2

Try the following:

    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 the following environment variables contain the
        indicated strings:

            Environment Variable        String
            --------------------        --------------
            CPPFLAGS                    -DIBMR2Fortran
            F90FLAGS                    -qsuffix=f=f90

        How this is done depends on your user-shell.  The file
        INSTALL.html contains examples.

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

Please let me know what you discover.

> Donald A. Spong, Fusion Energy Theory, ORNL
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Regards,
Steve Emmerson