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> Hi, Ed: > When I tried to do "make distclean", it says: make: *** No rule to make > target `distclean'. That's OK, it just means it was already clean. > Attached please find my config.log file. The Makefile was indeed generated. > When I tried to run "make", the error message is: > /usr/bin/ld: truncated or malformed archive: > /Users/d3p880-Local/netcdf-3.6.2/lib/libnetcdf.a (ranlib structures in table > of contents extends past the end of the table of contents, can't load from > it) > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > make: *** [ncview] Error 1 > > Look forward to hear from you. Thanks a lot for help. > > Jiwen > > Start over, then follow my instructions below if it doesn't work. THanks, Ed > On 7/9/07 7:46 AM, "Unidata netCDF Support" > <address@hidden> wrote: > > >> Hi, I was trying to install ncview on my MAC OS X computer with intel > >> Fortran and C compilers. My netcdf library (64-bit) was also built using > >> intel Fortran and C compilers. My problem is the Makefile generated from > >> Configure did not go through (I notice that gcc was used instead of icc). I > >> tried "setenv CC icc" before configure, then I got more problems. My > >> question is: how to change the configure file under my computer and > >> compiler > >> environment? > >> I appreciate any help. > >> > >> Jiwen > >> > >> > > > > You do indeed need to set CC to icc, and rerun configure. > > > > Make sure you do a " make distclean" first. > > > > If configure doesn't work, look in config.log to see what the problem is. It > > tries to run the C compiler in some simple ways. If they fail, then the C > > compiler is not working, as far as configure is concerned. > > > > If you can't figure it out, send the output of configure and the config.log > > file to us and we will see what we can figure out. Unfortunately this is not > > an environment we have to test on here... > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ed > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: GUD-694571 > > Department: Support netCDF > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Closed > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: GUD-694571 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed