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Emily, > Thank you very much for all of your help- I really appreciate it! I just > wanted to let you know that I have also encountered a bug with the make > uninstall. I have attached the error I received in a text document. I have > not run make distclean and it states that my configure is up to date when I > type make configure. Is it possible just to remove the entire directory > instead? ( I have it as /usr/local/netcdf). Thanks! Thanks for reporting the bug with "make uninstall". We'll try to fix this before the next release. You can just remove the install directory /usr/local/netcdf and that should have the same effect as "make uninstall". --Russ > address@hidden> wrote: > > > Hi Emily, > > > > > I followed all of your previous advice, but kept on running into problems > > > with my g95 compiler. I am now using GFORTRAN and getting much farther > > but > > > I still am running into problems in the make process. I have attached my > > > latest configure files and maketest files. I am passing most of the tests > > > until the very end where i receive errors 127 and 1- I am not sure how to > > > figure out what these errors mean. I am using version 4.1.1. Thank you > > > again so much for your time- I really appreciate it!! > > > > The symptom you are seeing at the end of running "make check" : > > > > > Making check in man4 > > > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/netcdf/netcdf-4.1.1/man4' > > > TEXINPUTS=".:$TEXINPUTS" \ > > > MAKEINFO='/bin/sh /usr/local/netcdf/netcdf-4.1.1/missing --run > > makeinfo -I .' \ > > > texi2dvi -s --pdf --batch netcdf.texi > > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/netcdf/netcdf-4.1.1/man4' > > > /bin/sh: texi2dvi: command not found > > > make[1]: *** [netcdf.pdf] Error 127 > > > make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1 > > > > is not your problem, but a bug in the 4.1.1 release that occurs when > > you build the software, then invoke "make clean", then try to build it > > again, perhaps with different settings, in the original directory. > > The bug is that "make clean" deleted generated documentation files > > that it should not have removed, so when you try to build again, it > > tries to rebuild the documentation from source, requiring a tool you > > don't have installed (and shouldn't need). > > > > The easiest solution is to just get a new copy of the 4.1.1 source and > > build and test with the same settings you used with gfortran. > > Invoking "make check" should finish successfully, as long as you don't > > invoke "make clean" first. > > > > We have fixed this problem in the current snapshot and in the upcoming > > 4.1.2 release, but I will also add a note about it in the document > > "Known Problems with netCDF 4.1.1" document at > > > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/known_problems.html > > > > Thanks for pointing this out, and for your persistence in getting netCDF > > to build. Please let us know if you still encounter problems with building > > and testing netCDF. > > > > --Russ > > > > > > Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program > > address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: TLV-493188 > > Department: Support netCDF > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Closed > > > > > > Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: TLV-493188 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed