20040219: problem installing netcdf 3.5.1 on Solaris 5.8

Cha Joo Wan,

>Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 08:57:46 +0900
>From: "Cha Joo Wan" <address@hidden>
>Organization: Korea Meteorological Administration
>To: "Steve Emmerson" <address@hidden>
>Subject: Re: 20040219: problem installing netcdf 3.5.1 on Solaris 5.8 

The above message contained the following:

> I am researcher in Korea Meteorological Administration 
>  
> and So, I have a problem to install the netcdf3.5.1 in our system that
> is UNIX(Solaris, SUNOS 5.8)
>
> I am beginer to install the sorftware in UNIX. Pleas solve the problem
> and explain step by step.
>  
> the following error massage occurred to me 
> =========================================================================
> Makefile:240: warning: overriding commands for target `/netcdf-.tar.Z'
> Makefile:224: warning: ignoring old commands for target `/netcdf-.tar.Z'
> rules.make:118: warning: overriding commands for target `/'
> Makefile:165: warning: ignoring old commands for target `/'
> rules.make:120: warning: overriding commands for target `/'
> rules.make:118: warning: ignoring old commands for target `/'
> rules.make:122: warning: overriding commands for target `/'
> rules.make:120: warning: ignoring old commands for target `/'
> rules.make:124: warning: overriding commands for target `/'
> rules.make:122: warning: ignoring old commands for target `/'
> rules.make:127: warning: overriding commands for target `/'
> rules.make:124: warning: ignoring old commands for target `/'
> rules.make:130: warning: overriding commands for target `/'
> rules.make:127: warning: ignoring old commands for target `/'
> rules.make:145: warning: overriding commands for target `/man1'
> rules.make:142: warning: ignoring old commands for target `/man1'
> rules.make:147: warning: overriding commands for target `/man3'
> rules.make:142: warning: ignoring old commands for target `/man3'
> rules.make:150: warning: overriding commands for target `/man3f'
> rules.make:142: warning: ignoring old commands for target `/man3f'
> rules.make:154: warning: overriding commands for target `/man3f90'
> rules.make:142: warning: ignoring old commands for target `/man3f90'
> make: *** No rule to make target `macros.make'.  Stop.
> [Sun]:/netcdf-3.5.1/src# > 

The file "macros.make" is created by the "configure" script.  Was this
script executed before the make(1) utility was executed?  If not, then
please try the following:

    1.  Go to the top-level source directory

    2.  Perform steps 3 through 5 of

            
http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/netcdf/INSTALL.html#ReportingProblems

        Example environment variables settings for Solaris systems
        can be found at

            
http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/netcdf/INSTALL.html#solaris

        Chose the example that is appropriate for your system.

    3.  Perform steps 6 through 9 of

            
http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/netcdf/INSTALL.html#ReportingProblems
 
Please let me know if this helps.
 
> Best regard 
> Cha Joo Wan

Regards,
Steve Emmerson