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>From: Arindam Ghosh <address@hidden> >Organization: Indian Statistical Institute >Keywords: 200404211724.i3LHOQCT026106 netCDF install Arindam, >it's Arindam from Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India. I'm >trying to insatall NetCDF-3.5.1 on linux 9. I'm totally new in this >field, just reading the INSTALL.html and trying to istall it. I've many >confusions: > >1) where should I install the package? is there any specific path? You can install the package anywhere you like. There is no specific location that it should be installed, but you may want to consider installing it in a location that is logical for your site -- assuming that you are going to be doing program development that links against the netCDF library. >I run the configure from urs1/home/guest/Netcdf-3.5.1/src/ by using > > ./configure --prefix=.. > >then run 'make','make install', 'make test'. Now I'm confused what else >I've to do? Nothing really. What were your expectations? >2) how should I know that it has been install proparely? >please help me in solving this problem. You would get an error if the installation step failed. Did you get any errors? If no, it was installed correctly. >Looking forward for your kind reply, Please let us know if the above answers are not what you were looking for. >With regards, >Arindam >-- >Arindam Ghosh >Senior Research Fellow >Electronics and Communication Sciences Unit >Indian Statistical Institute,203, B.T. Road >Calcutta:700108,West Bengal, India Cheers, Tom Yoksas -- NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publically available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.