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Re: 20050715: netCDF General - Binary installation

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  • Subject: Re: 20050715: netCDF General - Binary installation
  • Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 22:12:55 -0600
Unidata Support <address@hidden> writes:

> ------- Forwarded Message
>
>>To: address@hidden
>>From: "Mike Lewis" <address@hidden>
>>Subject: netCDF General - Binary installation
>>Organization: Naval Postgraduate School
>>Keywords: 200507151803.j6FI37aJ021141 netCDF Linux
>
> Institution: Naval Postgraduate School
> Package Version: netcdf-3.6.0-p1.tar.Z
> Operating System: Red Hat Linux Enterprise Edition
> Hardware Information: Pentium 4
> Inquiry: I downloaded and extracted the above file, but could not
> locate installation documentation for this type of installation on your
> site.
>
> Extraction led to a directory, netcdf-3.6.0-p1, containing 4
> directories--bin, include, lib, and man.  No documentation.  How do I
> complete the installation/where do I copy the files?
>
> This is but one part of the project... trying to get netCDF working
> with MATLAB, also...  need it for my thesis.
>
> Thank you,
>
>

You don't need to copy the files anywhere, you just need to tell your
compiler where to find the include file (in the include directory),
and how to find the library file (in the lib directory).

Usually one does this with the -I and the -L options for the
preprocessor and linker.

Good luck!

Ed


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Ed Hartnett  -- address@hidden