[netCDF #PED-677017]: libnetcdf.so.4 is needed by netcdf-4.0.1-6.1.i586

> Dear Mr.\Miss Support:
> 
> I've got a problem when I am installing quantum GIS. Would you please
> give me some helps? Thanks very much.
> 
> Here is some details:
> 
> I'm using a latest suse11.2 (due to re-installed for GIS system...),
> and have installed postgresql and postGIS. Now, I want to install Quantum
> GIS, so I download these packages:
> 
> 1. qgis10-1.0.2-9.8.i586.rpm
> 2. qgis10-devel-1.0.2-9.8.i586.rpm
> 
> However, when I run this: "rpm -ivh qgis10-1.0.2-9.8.i586.rpm", it
> shows the messages:
> error: Failed dependencies:
> libgdal >= 1.5.0 is needed by qgis10-1.0.2-9.8.i586
> gpsbabel is needed by qgis10-1.0.2-9.8.i586
> libgdal.so.1 is needed by qgis10-1.0.2-9.8.i586
> 
> Then I try to install "libgdal1-1.6.2-1.1.i586.rpm", here is the later
> message:
> error: Failed dependencies:
> libnetcdf.so.4 is needed by libgdal1-1.6.2-1.1.i586
> 
> Therefore should I install "netcdf-4.0.1-6.1.i586.rpm"? I attemped. Got
> the message:
> warning: netcdf-4.0.1-6.1.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID
> 9591c39b
> error: Failed dependencies:
> libnetcdf.so.4 is needed by netcdf-4.0.1-6.1.i586
> 
> I'm sorry I don't paste warning message before, it's always there.
> 
> I tried other packages, such as libnetcdf4-4.0.1-6.1.i586.rpm,
> libnetcdf-devel-4.0.1-6.1.i586.rpm, and earlier versions 3.3 . All failed
> for dependencies.
> 
> If the libnetcdf.so.4 wasn't got from netcdf, where should I get it? I'm
> a beginner, not familiar with netCDF. I hope you could help me to solve this
> problem. Thank you!
> 
> Best regards.
> 

Howdy!

I don't know what repository you are getting your packages from, but someone 
there perhaps needs to fix things. I can't address that problem for you.

You can get netCDF and build from source, this also requires HDF5 and zlib. 
Instructions are here:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs_snapshot/netcdf-install/Quick-Instructions.html

Good luck!

Ed

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: PED-677017
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed