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[netCDF #OWN-798282]: Problems installing netcdf 4

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  • Subject: [netCDF #OWN-798282]: Problems installing netcdf 4
  • Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:46:46 -0600
> > Howdy Shri!
> >
> > Did you try using "make install" to install netCDF? What happened?
> 
> I did try to make install and it complained about HDF5. I don't recall what 
> the error was right now.

OK, let me know if you need help with that.

> Which reminds me to ask Does Netcdf-4 provide parallel i/o support without 
> using hdf5? I read the manual and it said that hdf5 is required for parallel 
> i/o. Since PETSc already has support for HDF5 and netcdf-4 requires HDF5 for 
> parallel i/o, we decided to discontinue support for netcdf for our future 
> releases.
> 

NetCDF requires HDF5 for parallel I/O to netCDF/HDF5 files, but can also use 
the pnetcdf library to do parallel I/O to netCDF classic and 64-bit offset 
files.

Thanks,

Ed

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: OWN-798282
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Critical
Status: Closed