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Ben, > thanks for getting back to me last week. > Can you tell me where I can get the updated version of HDF5? > > i’ve looked on your website and can’t seem to find that. We've got a source release here: ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/netcdf-4/hdf5-1.8.13.tar.gz but a better place would be the The HDF Group site where we got it from: http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/release/obtain5.html If you don't see a pre-built binary distribution for your platform, get the source code release under the "All Platforms" link. --Russ > Ben > > > On Sep 5, 2014, at 12:17 PM, Unidata netCDF Support <address@hidden> wrote: > > > Hi Ben, > > > > You have to use a more recent version of HDF5, 1.8.8 or later, with netCDF > > 4.3. > > ?2? > > . > > > > There was a bug in HDF5-1.8.7 > > ?that the > > current netCDF version > > ? detects > > when built with > > ?that version (or earlier) of HDF5. > > > > ?Your "make check" should work > > fine with HDF5 versions 1.8.8 and later. If you have to rebuild HDF5 from > > source anyway, I > > ? ? > > would recommend just using the latest version 1.8.1 > > ?3? > > , as that's what > > ? ? > > we've done the most testing with. > > > > --Russ > > > > > > address@hidden> wrote: > > > >> New Ticket: Testsuite summary for netCDF 4.3.2 > >> > >> To whom it may concern, > >> > >> i tried to install netCDF 4.3.2 and had the following issue: > >> > >> > >> ============================================================================ > >> Testsuite summary for netCDF 4.3.2 > >> > >> ============================================================================ > >> # TOTAL: 39 > >> # PASS: 37 > >> # SKIP: 0 > >> # XFAIL: 0 > >> # FAIL: 2 > >> # XPASS: 0 > >> # ERROR: 0 > >> > >> ============================================================================ > >> See ncdump/test-suite.log > >> Please report to address@hidden > >> > >> ============================================================================ > >> > >> the failures were as follows: > >> > >> FAIL: tst_h_scalar > >> FAIL: tst_h_scalar.sh > >> > >> is this a big problem? is there a way to correct these? does this mean > >> that netCDF will not work properly? I’m fairly new to the netCDF library > >> and am unsure what this means. I installed netCDF as instructed by an air > >> quality model, MEGAN (the model of emissions of gases and aerosols from > >> nature). > >> > >> any assistance is appreciated. > >> > >> Ben Weinstein, > >> student at the University of British Columbia > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Ticket Details > >> =================== > >> Ticket ID: FLE-841916 > >> Department: Support netCDF > >> Priority: Normal > >> Status: Open > >> Link: > >> https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/esupport/staff/index.php?_m=tickets&_a=viewticket&ticketid=24407 > >> > >> > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: FLE-841916 > > Department: Support netCDF > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Closed > > Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: FLE-841916 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed