[netCDF #RLD-473689]: Install directions for Mac OS 10.4.10

Hi Dave,

You could download the netcdf-3.6.2 universal binary from this web
page:

  http://www.ral.ucar.edu/~rcabell/

Then you can unpack that file with Stuffit Expander and it will create
a folder named "netcdf-3.6.2" containing a subfolder "bin" with the
ncdump program.  You can just copy or drag that to wherever you want,
for example your /Users/Dave/bin/ directory.

If you have a G4 or G5 rather than Intel Mac, you can do the same with
this Mac G4 binary:

  
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/netcdf/binary/darwin_8.8-power_macintosh/netcdf-3.6.2.tar.gz

Also, building the netcdf 3.6.2 source distribution works fine on an
up-to-date Mac.  Just download the source distribution from

 ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/netcdf.tar.gz

and unpack it.  If you only need ncdump but not the Fortran or C++
libraries, for example, then from the src/ subdirectory containing the
"configure" file, run the following command:

./configure --disable-f77 --disable-cxx --disable-examples
  [ lots of output ... ]
make check
  [ lots more output, including some warning messages, but tests succeed]
sudo make install
  [ this will install executables under /usr/local/bin and other
    things under /usr/local ...]

--Russ

Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
address@hidden                     http://www.unidata.ucar.edu



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: RLD-473689
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed