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[netCDF #GVA-381074]: m4 error while running configure

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  • Subject: [netCDF #GVA-381074]: m4 error while running configure
  • Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 14:23:04 -0600
Hello,



The m4 utility is not on your system path; you can validate this by trying to 
run 'm4' from the command line:

    $ m4

I suspect it will tell you that it cannot find m4. You say that you installed 
m4 into '/usr/loca/m4'.  Did you mean '/usr/local/m4'?  Typically, one would 
install the m4 utility into `/usr/local/bin`, which is on the system path.  You 
will need to adjust your system path to reflect the location of the m4 program 
(by adding perhaps /usr/local/m4,h or /usr/local/m4/bin, or /usr/loca/m4; 
whichever is correct).  Alternatively, you could re-install m4 into 
`/usr/local/bin`, which is on the system path by default.

I hope this helps,

-Ward

> Full Name: Ashraf ElKutb Mousa
> Email Address: address@hidden
> Organization: NRIAG
> Package Version: 4.3.3.1
> Operating System: Linux ashraf-Satellite-P755 3.13.0-63-generic #103-Ubuntu 
> SMP Fri Aug 14 21:43:30 UTC 2015 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
> Hardware: Toshiba satelite 64 bit i7 second generation
> Description of problem:
> 
> when I run :
> 
> /configure --prefix=/usr/local/netcdf
> 
> I get the following error :
> 
> checking for m4... no
> configure: error: Cannot find m4 utility. Install m4 and try again.
> 
> Please note that I installed m4 on /usr/loca/m4
> but I still get the same error
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: GVA-381074
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed