[netCDF #FLE-841916]: Testsuite summary for netCDF 4.3.2

Ben,

> when i download it, should i put it in the same directory as the netcdf 
> library?
> 
> for example, if i’m putting the netCDF library in
> 
> /mnt/data/bweinste/MEGAN/MEGANv2.10/lib/NETCDF
> 
> should i also put the HDF5 in the NETCDF directory?

It depends on whether you are downloading the pre-built binary HDF5 library or
downloading the source to build and install yourself.

For the pre-built binaries, you can install HDF5 in the same directories as 
netCDF.  For
example, if netCDF is installed in /usr/local (in the subdirectories lib, 
include, bin,
and share of /usr/local), then HDF5 binaries can be installed in the same 
directories.

If you're building from source, don't download the HDF5 sources into the same 
directory 
as  the netCDF sources!  But you can make sure they're installed in the same 
directories 
by specifying the same parent directory with the --prefix option to the 
configure script, 
for example --prefix=/usr/local .  If you build with CMake instead of 
configure, you
can do the analogous thing by specifying the same install parent directory.

We recommend just building from the sources as a normal user (not as root), but 
then running "make install" as root or with "sudo make install", to get things 
installed 
where they belong.

--Russ

> i’m working on a server and one concern other people have is that if i 
> install any updates it will stop their models from working. thus i’m trying 
> to keep all my stuff contained
> 
> cheers and thanks for the support
> 
> Ben
> 
> On Sep 9, 2014, at 2:14 PM, Unidata netCDF Support <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > 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
> 
> 

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



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: FLE-841916
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed