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[netCDF #QNW-959324]: netCDF download support

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  • Subject: [netCDF #QNW-959324]: netCDF download support
  • Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 16:14:36 -0600
Hello Jorge,

I'm glad you were able to get further in the process.  This latest error you 
report is pretty straight-forward; you do not have permission to write to the 
directory /usr/local/lib.  If you have superuser access on this system, you 
should invoke 'make install' as follows:

    $ sudo make install

If you do not have superuser access, you will need to specify an alternative 
install location when running configure, e.g.

    $ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/local

I hope this helps,

-Ward

> I stayed trying for another hour, followed some instructions online about
> downloading the C library first and changing CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS values,
> and now I have a different error. During making the library, it says:
> /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file
> '/usr/local/lib/libnetcdff.so.6.0.1': Permission denied. Then it makes
> three errors while trying to install and leaves directory.
> 
> Can you help me?
> 
> Best,
> Jorge Orbay
> 
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Jorge Antonio Orbay <address@hidden>
> wrote:
> 
> > I forgot to mention, when I did the quickdownload with the newest netCDF
> > fortran compiler, after doing the ./configure command, I was told that
> > netcdf.h could not be found, and I had to set CPPFLAGS. What does this mean?
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Jorge Antonio Orbay <address@hidden
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> Dear Unidata,
> >> I'm installing netCDF and compiling it with the gnu fortran compiler, but
> >> I'm having trouble building the library in unix. I've tried the quick
> >> instructions provided on your page but they have not worked. The program
> >> I'd like to use it for, cgenie, uses v4.0 of netCDF, but when I tried to
> >> make it, I got the error message that it could not create directory. I
> >> tried to download using the long instructions and the newest version of
> >> netCDF, but the first instruction, ./configure
> >> --prefix=/whatever/you/decided , needs to be completed in the top-level cdf
> >> directory. How do I get there? If it is not obvious, I am extremely new to
> >> unix and computers in general, so please be patient with me.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Jorge Orbay
> >>
> >
> >
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: QNW-959324
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed