[netCDF #HQM-966726]: NCDUMP utility request

Hi Rob,

> Question on general download and install for Solaris 10 and Solaris 11.1
> OS.
> 
> Have a user who is requesting us to install NCDUMP on a server for their
> use. In that we believe you need to simply install 'NetCDF' to get NCDUMP
> if that is the only method. Just reviewing the UNIDATA site for any Solaris
> compatible downloads or instructions if possible. First time doing this
> on our Solaris servers as it is common on our LINUX and AIX servers.
> Always best to get supported releases with instructions if available.

Yes, you only need to install the netCDF C library to get ncdump and other 
netCDF utilities (nccopy, ncgen, nc-config), which will be installed in
/usr/local/bin by default, or in the bin/ subdirectory of wherever you
specify with the --prefix= option to the configure script.

I would recommend using either the netcdf-4.3.0 release from 3 months ago, or 
the new netcdf-4.3.1-rc1 release candidate that will probably be available 
later this week.

We test our releases on Solaris, so it building from source should be
straightforward, following these instructions:

  http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/docs/building.html

--Russ

> Meant to add this for SPARC Solaris 10 and Solaris 11.1 servers.
> 
> On 8/6/2013 10:35 AM, Rob Patten wrote:
> > Question on general download and install for Solaris 10 and Solaris 11.1
> > OS.
> >
> > Have a user who is requesting us to install NCDUMP on a server for their
> > use. In that we believe you need to simply install 'NetCDF' to get NCDUMP
> > if that is the only method. Just reviewing the UNIDATA site for any Solaris
> > compatible downloads or instructions if possible. First time doing this
> > on our Solaris servers as it is common on our LINUX and AIX servers.
> > Always best to get supported releases with instructions if available.
> >
> > Any advise would be appreciated.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Robert Patten
> >
> 
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> 
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> 
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> 
> 
Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: HQM-966726
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed