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[netCDF #VHG-516000]: netCDF 4.3.3.1 failing on install, hdf5 error?

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  • Subject: [netCDF #VHG-516000]: netCDF 4.3.3.1 failing on install, hdf5 error?
  • Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 13:38:22 -0600
Hello Jacob,

The reason the old version is being picked up at runtime is likely because the 
linker is finding the older library first.  You might be able to override this 
by specifying LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/jhedeliu/wrf/ver3_7/hdf5-1.8.15/hdf/lib at 
runtime.  If your program were called 'foo', you would do this as follows:

    $ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/jhedeliu/wrf/ver3_7/hdf5-1.8.15/hdf/lib ./foo

Alternatively, you could do this as an environmental variable, but I would 
strongly suggest that you not do it as a global/persistent setting; this could 
cause problems for other programs.

Another alternative, if this does not work, would be to rebuild hdf5-1.8.15 and 
disable the shared library, leaving only the static library.  You would do this 
by passing '--disable-shared' to the 'configure' script packaged with 
hdf5-1.8.15.  This way, netcdf would link against the static library when 
built, and would not seek out a shared libhdf5 at runtime.

I hope this helps,

-Ward

> Hi support,
> 
> I am trying to install netCDF so I can use WRF-CHEM.  I have tried several
> times to install netCDF but it keeps failing.  I am following the
> instructions here:
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/getting_and_building_netcdf.html
> except I have changed the directory paths to my home folders (I am
> installing on a cluster and do not have permission to edit inside the usr
> directory).
> 
> I can see that the netCDF installation keeps failing because an older
> version of HDF5 is being used instead of the one I installed.  I have
> LDFLAGS and CPPFLAGS set as environmental variables.  I think I installed
> HDF5-1.8.15 correctly because there are files in the bin directory.
> 
> Do you know why the older version of HDF5 is being used when I have
> LDFLAGS=-L/home/jhedeliu/wrf/ver3_7/hdf5-1.8.15/hdf/lib and
> CPPFLAGS=-I/home/jhedeliu/wrf/ver3_7/hdf5-1.8.15/hdf/include ?
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> 
> Jacob
> 
> --
> Jacob Hedelius
> *Graduate Student, Chemistry*
> California Institute of Technology
> Phone: (626)-395-2059
> Email: address@hidden
> 1200 E. California Blvd., MC 131-24
> Pasadena CA 91125
> 
> 

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: VHG-516000
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed