20040715:installing NetCDF-3.5.1 on RedHat Linux 9

Arindam,

> To: Unidata Support <address@hidden>
> From: Arindam Ghosh <address@hidden>
> Subject: installing NetCDF-3.5.1 on RedHat Linux 9 
> Organization: Indian Statistical Institute
> Keywords: 200407151411.i6FEBIaW022745

The above message contained the following:

>   We'r trying to install NetCDF-3.5.1 on RH Linux 9 following the 
> installation guide at 
> 
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/INSTALL.html

That's an old URL.  The netCDF home-page is now

    http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/netcdf

> we run the ./configure --prefix=.. at /root/netCDF/src/ then run 'make', 
> 'make test' and 'make install'. After that set the environment by 
>     $ export CC=c89
>     $ export CPPFLAGS="-O -DNDEBUG"
> 
> there is no as such problem message during installation, but we'r little 
> bit confussed how to include the NetCDF header for a user at /home/user/. 
> do we need to set any path or something else? Actually I've very little 
> idea about the Linux and NetCDF. is there any 'help' or 'man' command for 
> NetCDF? 

The above URL contains much documentation on the netCDF package.

You should be able to get the manual page on the netCDF library by
executing the command

    man -M /root/netCDF/man 3 netcdf

or by executing the command

    man 3 netcdf

after adding the directory "/root/netCDF/man" to the environment
variable MANPATH.

To compile netCDF-using code, use a command like this:

    c89 -I/root/netCDF/include ...

To link together a netCDF-using program, use a command like this:

    c89 ... -L/root/netCDF/lib -lnetcdf

> Looking forward for your kind reply.
> With regarsd,
> 
> Arindam
> 
> ----
> Arindam Ghosh
> 
> Electronics and Communication Sciences Unit
> Indian Statistical Institute,203, B.T. Road
> Calcutta:700108,West Bengal, India

Regards,
Steve Emmerson
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