[netCDF #QNW-959324]: netCDF download support

Hi Jorge,

> Excuse me, it's not after the ./configure command, but after I run "make"
> that the error crops up.

First, I'd like to discourage you from using netCDF version 4.0, an
unsupported release that was made available more than 6 years ago.
If you use that release, you will run into problems that we have 
fixed in later versions, and we don't have the resources required to
diagnose those already-fixed problems when you request help. If you
want to get an idea of all the improvements and bug fixes since
version 4.0, see over 900 lines of descriptions in the current
RELEASE_NOTES: 

  https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/blob/master/RELEASE_NOTES.md

Instructions for building the current version of the netCDF-C and
netCDF-Fortran libraries are here:

  http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/docs/getting_and_building_netcdf.html
  http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/docs/building_netcdf_fortran.html

Second, it would be much easier for you to just use the Ubuntu 
packaging system to install the package "libnetcdf-dev", which 
has already-built versions of the netCDF C and Fortran libraries.
For example, see any of the following for version 4.1.3:

  http://packages.ubuntu.com/raring/libnetcdf-dev
  http://packages.ubuntu.com/saucy/libnetcdf-dev
  http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/libnetcdf-dev

There are no doubt even more recent versions of netCDF built
for Ubuntu, if you look for what's available.

If you have to build and install 4.0, you'll have to send us the 
complete config.log file and all the output from running "make",
and we may not be able to diagnose the problem.

--Russ

> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Jorge Antonio Orbay <address@hidden>
> wrote:
> 
> > Dear Unidata,
> >    I am currently trying to compile an older version of netcdf, 4.0, on my
> > computer. I am using a virtual machine of ubuntu with a unix command
> > prompt. I'd like to compile netcdf with gfortran, and I was  told that I
> > could do this with :
> >
> > ./configure --prefix=${HOME}/netcdf/4.0 FC=gfortran CC=gcc CXX=g++ 
> > CPPFLAGS="-DpgiFortran
> >
> > Instead, I receive the error message "libtool:link: only absolute
> > run-paths are allowed." I received the advice from the developer of a
> > program I am installing that uses netcdf 4.0. Would you be able to help me
> > out at all? I should clarify, I'm not very adept with computers and am new
> > to unix terminals.
> >
> > Best,
> > Jorge Orbay
> >
> >
> > address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> >> 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
> >> >
> >> 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?
> >> > >
> >> 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
> >> ===================
> >> Ticket ID: QNW-959324
> >> Department: Support netCDF
> >> Priority: Normal
> >> Status: Closed
> >>
> >>
> >
> 
> 
Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
address@hidden                      http://www.unidata.ucar.edu



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