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[netCDF #LSO-390955]: NetCDF installation

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  • Subject: [netCDF #LSO-390955]: NetCDF installation
  • Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:40:18 -0600
> Hi all,
> I am trying to install NetCDF on my Fedoracore Linux (platform:linux_ia32)
but I got following errors when I use make install. I would be happy if someone
give me some ideas
>
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/Abbas/netcdf-3.6.2/f90'
> make[2]: Entering directory `/home/Abbas/netcdf-3.6.2/f90'
> make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
> test -z "/usr/local/share/man/man3" || mkdir -p --
"/usr/local/share/man/man3"
> /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 './netcdf_f90.3'
'/usr/local/share/man/man3/netcdf_f90.3'
> /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file
`/usr/local/share/man/man3/netcdf_f90.3': Permission denied
> make[2]: *** [install-man3] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/Abbas/netcdf-3.6.2/f90'
> make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/Abbas/netcdf-3.6.2/f90'
> make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
>
> Thanks,
> Abbas
>
>
>
>

Howdy Abbas!

As it says, you don't have permissions to install under /usr/local.

Either get permissions, or get your sysadmin to do it, or install somewhere
else, by rerunning configure with the --prefix=/somewhere/else flag.

Thanks,

Ed

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: LSO-390955
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed