[netCDF #ZVD-828686]: compile error cannot compute sizeof (off_t)

Keith,

> Thanks for the feedback! I apologize for my lack of knowledge here. I am new
> to linux and using makefiles, etc. I've always used visual studio in the past.
> I downloaded the netCDF C Library source code for 4.3.0. I unzipped the file
> to /usr/local/src/netcdf-4.3.0/. It says that it built and installed
> successfully using the following commands.
> 
> ./configure --disable-dap --disable-netcdf-4
> make check install
> 
> However, I cannot find a file named libnetcdf.so.7. Where should I be able to
> locate this file if the build was successful?

The default installation is in /usr/local/, so the library should be in 
/usr/local/lib/,
the header file should be in /usr/local/include/, and the utilities shuld be in 
/usr/local/bin/.  If you want things installed somewhere else, you need to use 
the
--prefix=/some/where/else option to configure.

If things are not where you expect, you could send us the config.log file to 
help
determine what happened.

--Russ

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Unidata netCDF Support [mailto:address@hidden]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 2:20 PM
> To: Weber, Keith E
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: [netCDF #ZVD-828686]: compile error cannot compute sizeof (off_t)
> 
> Keith,
> 
> > > I am attempting to build the netcdf-fortran-4.2 source code. I am
> > > receiving the following error.
> > >
> > > checking size of off_t. configure: error: in
> > > /usr/local/src/netcdf-fortran-4.2:
> > > configure: error: cannot compute sizeof (off_t) See config.log for
> > > more details
> > >
> > >
> > > I've attached the config.log file. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> 
> From config.log:
> 
> configure:19770: gcc -o conftest -g -O2   conftest.c -lnetcdf  >&5
> configure:19770: $? = 0
> configure:19770: ./conftest
> ./conftest: error while loading shared libraries: libnetcdf.so.7: cannot
> open shared object file: No such file or directory
> 
> It looks like you have to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to include the directory where
> the netCDF C library is installed, or install it someplace where it will be
> found by default, such as /usr/lib.
> 
> The link failure might also be due to having an older netCDF library built
> with a compiler incompatible with the gcc you're using.
> 
> In any case, you might consider instead building a recent version of the
> netCDF C library first, preferably 4.3.0 but at least 4.2, which was when the
> C and Fortran netCDF libraries were separated into independent distributions.
> You can build it with the configure option --disable-netcdf-4 if you just want
> the netCDF-3 APIs and formats.  Otherwise, you would also have to get and
> install HDF5 first.
> 
> The instructions for building without and with the netCDF-4 APIs are here:
> 
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/docs/build_classic.html
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/docs/build_default.html
> 
> The instructions for building netCDF Fortran 4.2 and how to tell it where the
> netCDF C library is installed are here:
> 
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/docs/netcdf-fortran-install.html
> 
> --Russ
> 
> Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
> address@hidden                      http://www.unidata.ucar.edu
> 
> 
> 
> Ticket Details
> ===================
> Ticket ID: ZVD-828686
> Department: Support netCDF
> Priority: Normal
> Status: Closed
> 
> 
> 
> 

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



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: ZVD-828686
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed