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Re: 20040625: NetCDF installation on Mac OS X

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  • Subject: Re: 20040625: NetCDF installation on Mac OS X
  • Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 11:33:15 -0600
>To: address@hidden
>From: Joseph Shacat <address@hidden>
>Subject: NetCDF installation on Mac OS X
>Organization: University of Hawaii
>Keywords: 200406250124.i5P1O0Wb001517 netCDF 3.5.1 MacOS-X

Hi Joseph,

> thanks for the detailed reply.  I unzipped the NetCDF-3.5.1 again and went
> through the installation steps.  I switched to ~/netcdf-3.5.1/src and ran:
> 
>  % ./configure >& configure.log
> 
> Below is the print-out to configure.log.  It seems pretty close to what
> you suggested it should look like:
  ...
> I then ran "make" and this seemed to go without a hitch.  "make test" also
> seemed to go ok, except that one part gave me some warning messages that
> may interest you:
> 
> Making `test' in directory /Users/jshacat/netcdf-3.5.1/src/ncgen
> 
> Warning: ncgentab.c is out-of-date with respect to ncgen.y
> Warning: It should be recreated via yacc on an OSF/1 system

This is nothing to worry about, it's an unfortunate artifact of how we
created the tar file.

> cc -o ncgen -O  main.o load.o ncgentab.o escapes.o getfill.o init.o
> genlib.o ../libsrc/libnetcdf.a  
> ./ncgen -b -o c0.nc c0.cdl
> ../ncdump/ncdump -n c1 c0.nc > c1.cdl
> *** ncgen -b test successful ***
> ./ncgen -c -o ctest0.nc c0.cdl > ctest.c && \
> cc -o ctest -O  -I../libsrc -I.  -DNDEBUG ctest.c ../libsrc/libnetcdf.a
> && \
> ./ctest && \
> ../ncdump/ncdump -n c1 ctest0.nc > ctest1.cdl
> *** ncgen -c test successful ***
> `f-test' not made because no FORTRAN compiler
> 
> Returning to directory /Users/jshacat/netcdf-3.5.1/src
> 
> 
> I don't really know much about this, whether the out-of-date ncgen.c is a
> serious issue, but I thought you might find it interesting.  
> 
> When I ran "make install" everything is ok except for this:
> 
> catman -w -M /Users/jshacat/netcdf-3.5.1/man
> mkdir /Users/jshacat/netcdf-3.5.1/man/cat1
> catman: can't open /Users/jshacat/netcdf-3.5.1/man/man2: No such file or
> directory
> mkdir /Users/jshacat/netcdf-3.5.1/man/cat3
> catman: can't open /Users/jshacat/netcdf-3.5.1/man/man4: No such file or
> directory
> catman: can't open /Users/jshacat/netcdf-3.5.1/man/man5: No such file or
> directory
> catman: can't open /Users/jshacat/netcdf-3.5.1/man/man6: No such file or
> directory
> catman: can't open /Users/jshacat/netcdf-3.5.1/man/man7: No such file or
> directory
> catman: can't open /Users/jshacat/netcdf-3.5.1/man/man8: No such file or
> directory
> catman: can't open /Users/jshacat/netcdf-3.5.1/man/man9: No such file or
> directory
> /usr/libexec/makewhatis /Users/jshacat/netcdf-3.5.1/man
> 
> 
> Again, I'm not sure about this.  Otherwise everything else seemed ok.  I

Also nothing to worry about.

> don't manually compile the unix code very often at all, so this is all
> kind of new to me.  Your assistance is really appreciated.  
> 
> at this point, is the installation a success?  should i add
> ~/netcdf-3.5.1/bin to the path in my .tcshrc file?  similarly, should i
> add ~/netcdf-3.5.1/man to my manpath?  
> 
> Probably my only use for NetCDF is with GMT.  

Yes, your installation looks fine.  Let us know if you have any other
problems with it.

--Russ