Hi Carter, > C++ runtime abort: internal error: static object marked for > destruction more than once The "internal error:" part of this message indicates it is a bug in the Portalnad Group C++ compiler pgCC. I suspect you may be using version 6.1 of this compiler, and the bug is supposedly fixed in version 6.2. Here is another bug report to the Portland Group about the problem: http://www.pgroup.com/support/tprs_62.htm#t3803 that's linked from this page saying it's fixed in version 6.2-2 of the compiler: http://www.pgroup.com/support/release_tprs_62.htm If you don't need the C++ interface to netCDF (it's not used by the utilities or by most other netCDF software), then you could get around this problem by specifying not to build the C++ interface before running the configure script, by setting the environment variable export CXX='' --Russ Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: KFL-508723 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed