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> Thank you for your answer. Could you please send me the link that i get the > Ubuntu package with netcdf-fortran already built? I don't know what version of netcdf-fortran this uses, but it may be what you're looking for: http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/libnetcdf-dev --Russ > --- On Mon, 1/14/13, Unidata netCDF Support <address@hidden> wrote: > > > From: Unidata netCDF Support <address@hidden> > Subject: [netCDF #FMU-973850]: installing netcdff.la or netcdf.a > To: address@hidden > Cc: address@hidden > Date: Monday, January 14, 2013, 7:56 PM > > > Hi Keyvan. > > > I installed netcdf-4.2.1 and > > netcdf-3.6.2 on ubuntu with ifort. I want to read nc data by fortran > > code. I checked the lib and noticed that it doesn't have netcdff.a or > > netcdff.la !!!!!!!!!!!!! How can I install netcdf with netcdfff.a or > > netcdff.la files. > > You should only install one version of the library, preferably the most > recent, which for Ubuntu would be netcdf-4.2.1. (We have a later version > 4.2.1.1 available in a source release.) > > To read netCDF data from Fortran, you also need to get and install the > netcdf-fortran software, which has been separate from the netCDF-C > library since the 4.1.3 release. After you have installed the netCDF C > library, the netCDF-fortran library can be built and installed following > these instructions: > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/docs/netcdf-fortran-install.html > > It's also possible that there is an Ubuntu package with netcdf-fortran > already built, which would make this step a little bit easier. > > --Russ > > Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program > address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu > > > > Ticket Details > =================== > Ticket ID: FMU-973850 > Department: Support netCDF > Priority: Normal > Status: Closed > > > Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: FMU-973850 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed