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> Dear Unidata Staff, > > In order to install an air quality model, so called CMAQ 4.6, I have worked > on the built of librarires for netCDF and ioapi. But, I am still stuck in > between netCDF and ioapi. > > At this time, I am trying to build a good netCDF library (netCDF-3.6.2) on > my Desktop PC. > > (1)PC hardware architechture and OS > Processor: Intel Pentium 4HT (32bit) > OS: Fedora Core 8 Linux i686 > > (2) Compilers > Fortran compiler: Ifort 10.1.015, and gfortran > C compiler: gcc and icc > C++ compiler: intel c++ and g++ > My big curiosity is why I get error messages as below whenever I do > "configure," what they mean, and how I can resolve these errors. > ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > fortcom: Error: conftest.F, line 3: Syntax error, found > END-OF-STATEMENT when expecting one of: => = . ( : % > choke me > ---------------^ > fortcom: Error: conftest.F, line 3: This statement is positioned > incorrectly and/or has syntax errors. > choke me > ......... > ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > > I only guess that these errors might be linked to bad netCDF library and > cause the fail of ioapi library built. But, I don't know how I should deal > these errors. > I did from "configure" to "make install." Could you see the attachments > including (1) configure.log, (2) make_check.log, and (3) make_install.log > and let me know if I built the netcdf library file successfully? > > Thank you for your time and help. > > Sincerely, > > Hyeonkook > > -- > Hyeon Kook Kim > GT-LAMDA > Science with Humanity! > Cell: 404/819-2884 > > Howdy Hyeon Kook Kim! It is normal for the configure process to generate a lot of errors. It tries a lot of different things to see what will work on your platform. In your case, the make check and make install worked just fine, so you are ready to go. Thanks, Ed Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: NDG-347287 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed