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[netCDF #IYS-276599]: 'netcdf.h' error even though I set CPPFLAGS

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  • Subject: [netCDF #IYS-276599]: 'netcdf.h' error even though I set CPPFLAGS
  • Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 16:59:05 -0700
Hi Ravi,

This appears to be the same problem as the previous attempt to install netCDF
Fortran.  You have to install the netCDF C library first, then you can build
and install the netCDF Fortran library, which depends on it.

--Russ

> I am getting an error while doing a './configure --prefix=....' installing 
> NETCDF. I read on forums that not setting CPPFLAGS is one cause. But I *am* 
> setting CPPFLAGS, as can be seen in the attached config.log file. I have no 
> idea why it is still giving the following error. I used 'export 
> CPPFLAGS=-I/.....'.
> Thanks
> Ravi
> 
> ***************
> configure: checking types, headers, and functions
> checking netcdf.h usability... no
> checking netcdf.h presence... no
> checking for netcdf.h... no
> configure: error: netcdf.h could not be found. Please set CPPFLAGS.
> ****************
> 
> 

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



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: IYS-276599
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed