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[netCDF #UFN-957034]: Netcdf installation failure

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  • Subject: [netCDF #UFN-957034]: Netcdf installation failure
  • Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:46:51 -0600
David,

In your original question, you said you are trying to install netCDF-3.6.2 on
Mac OS X.
That doesn't require either zlib or HDF5, so I'm not sure why you are trying to
install
those.  Similarly the more recent netCDF version 3.6.3 doesn't require either
of those
packages.

NetCDF version 4.0 does require zlib and HDF5, but you don't necessarily need
netCDF-4.0, especially if you are only installing netCDF because it is required
by
other software (e.g. GMT) or because you want to use it to look at current data
archives that only use netCDF-3 files (e.g. most climate model output).  If you
only
need netCDF-3, it is typically easier to install, because it doesn't require
first installing
other software packages.  On Mac OS X, netCDF-3 is reported to install with
Intel
compilers using the following environment variable settings:

  CC="icc"
  FC="ifort"
  CFLAGS='-O3 -xN -ip -no-prec-div -static'
  FFLAGS='-O3 -xN -ip -no-prec-div -static'

The icc compiler from Intel doesn't come with Mac OS X or XCode, it must be
purchased
from Intel and installed separately.  However a free evaluation copy is
available for download:

  http://www.intel.com/cd/software/products/asmo-na/eng/227389.htm

Intel also has a web page with detailed instructions on building netCDF 3.6.2
on Mac OS X
with Intel compilers:

  http://www.intel.com/support/performancetools/sb/CS-027812.htm

If you are familiar with the "fink" package management system for Mac OS X, you
can also use
fink to download and install g95 and netCDF 3.6.2 without needing to compile
them.  See this
report from a user:

  
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing_lists/archives/netcdfgroup/2007-November/002552.html

gcc does come with XCode, but as far as I know, no Fortran compiler comes with
XCode, so
you would need to get g95 or gfortran elsewhere, if you need the netCDF Fortran
interface.
However you can build netCDF without the Fortran or C++ interfaces if you don't
need them. by
using configure options --disable-f77, --disable-f90, or, --disable-cxx.

All the above are for netCDF 3.6.2 or 3.6.3.  If you really need netCDF 4.0 for
some reason
(for example you need variable compression, chunking, or the enhanced netCDF
data model
supported only in netCDF-4), we can provide more help, but I don't want to
confuse the
issue if you really only need netCDF-3.

--Russ














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



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: UFN-957034
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed