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[netCDF #DPO-719222]: netcdf configure error

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  • Subject: [netCDF #DPO-719222]: netcdf configure error
  • Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:37:58 -0600
Hi Mi Zhou,

> I'm trying to build netcdf-4.2.1.1. I got errors doing configure
> "configure: error: Can't find or link to the hdf5 library. Use
> --disable-netcdf-4, or see config.log for errors."
> 
> Could you help? Attached is the config log.
> 
> And here is what's in /hpcf/libs/hdf5/install/1.8.9/lib
> 
> -rw-r--r-- 1 mzhou hpcfadmins 5866960 Sep 26 09:02 libhdf5.a
> -rw-r--r-- 1 mzhou hpcfadmins  205578 Sep 26 09:02 libhdf5_hl.a
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 mzhou hpcfadmins    1013 Sep 26 09:02 libhdf5_hl.la
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 mzhou hpcfadmins      19 Sep 26 09:02 libhdf5_hl.so ->
> libhdf5_hl.so.7.0.3
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 mzhou hpcfadmins      19 Sep 26 09:02 libhdf5_hl.so.7 ->
> libhdf5_hl.so.7.0.3
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 mzhou hpcfadmins  136347 Sep 26 09:02 libhdf5_hl.so.7.0.3
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 mzhou hpcfadmins     947 Sep 26 09:02 libhdf5.la
> -rw-r--r-- 1 mzhou hpcfadmins    2930 Sep 26 09:02 libhdf5.settings
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 mzhou hpcfadmins      16 Sep 26 09:02 libhdf5.so ->
> libhdf5.so.7.0.3
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 mzhou hpcfadmins      16 Sep 26 09:02 libhdf5.so.7 ->
> libhdf5.so.7.0.3
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 mzhou hpcfadmins 3185995 Sep 26 09:02 libhdf5.so.7.0.3

The config.log error was:

  configure:16132: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 
-I/hpcf/libs/hdf5/install/1.8.9/include -I/hpcf/libs/hdf5/install/1.8.9/lib 
conftest.c -lhdf5  -lm -lcurl  >&5
  /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lhdf5

The compiler line should have been:



  gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -I/hpcf/libs/hdf5/install/1.8.9/include 
-L/hpcf/libs/hdf5/install/1.8.9/lib conftest.c -lhdf5  -lm -lcurl  >&5

which makes me wonder if you set

  LDFLAGS=-I/hpcf/libs/hdf5/install/1.8.9/lib

instead of

  LDFLAGS=-L/hpcf/libs/hdf5/install/1.8.9/lib

If so, try using "-L" instead of "-I" and see if that makes the configure 
work.

--Russ



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



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: DPO-719222
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed