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Hello, This is a known issue with the current release, that should be fixed in the upcoming release. In the meantime, instead of running 'make check', run 'make && make check'. This should resolve the issue. Thanks, have a great day, -Ward > Hello, > > I'd like to report, and ask for support on the installation on > netcdf-4.4.4.1 on Ubuntu 16.04. I have skipped the hdf5 at this point and > used: > > NFDIR=/usr/local > CPPFLAGS=-I${NCDIR}/include LDFLAGS=-L${NCDIR}/lib \ > ./configure --prefix=${NFDIR} --disable-netcdf-4 > > and that looks okay, till I try make check. > > Kindly see in the attachment the test-suite.log in ncgen when I got: > > Makefile:878: recipe for target 'test-suite.log' failed > make[3]: *** [test-suite.log] Error 1 > make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/vanisa/netcdf-4.4.1.1/ncgen' > Makefile:984: recipe for target 'check-TESTS' failed > make[2]: *** [check-TESTS] Error 2 > make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/vanisa/netcdf-4.4.1.1/ncgen' > Makefile:1064: recipe for target 'check-am' failed > make[1]: *** [check-am] Error 2 > make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/vanisa/netcdf-4.4.1.1/ncgen' > Makefile:691: recipe for target 'check-recursive' failed > make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1 > > How to correct this, please? > > Thanks for your attention and any help/suggestion. > > > Best wishes, > > Vanisa > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: STU-696374 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.