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Hello, This is a known issue which will be fixed in the next release. In the meantime, there is a simple work around. Instead of invoking 'make check install', run 'make && make check install'; this will ensure that all of the utilities and executables are built before running the tests. Thank you, my apologies for the inconvenience, have a fantastic day, -Ward > Hi, > I tried to install NETCDF-4.4.1.1, but when I typed make check install, there > is an error shown as below, I don’t know how to solve it, Can you help the > solve this problem? : > > $ make check install > Making check in include > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/zhou/netcdf-4.4.1.1/include' > make[1]: Nothing to be done for `check'. > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/zhou/netcdf-4.4.1.1/include' > Making check in libdispatch > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/zhou/netcdf-4.4.1.1/libdispatch' > make[1]: Nothing to be done for `check'. > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/zhou/netcdf-4.4.1.1/libdispatch' > Making check in libsrc > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/zhou/netcdf-4.4.1.1/libsrc' > make[1]: Nothing to be done for `check'. > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/zhou/netcdf-4.4.1.1/libsrc' > Making check in liblib > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/zhou/netcdf-4.4.1.1/liblib' > make[1]: Nothing to be done for `check'. > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/zhou/netcdf-4.4.1.1/liblib' > Making check in ncgen3 > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/zhou/netcdf-4.4.1.1/ncgen3' > make check-TESTS > make[2]: Entering directory `/home/zhou/netcdf-4.4.1.1/ncgen3' > make[3]: Entering directory `/home/zhou/netcdf-4.4.1.1/ncgen3' > FAIL: run_tests.sh > ============================================================================ > Testsuite summary for netCDF 4.4.1.1 > ============================================================================ > # TOTAL: 1 > # PASS: 0 > # SKIP: 0 > # XFAIL: 0 > # FAIL: 1 > # XPASS: 0 > # ERROR: 0 > ============================================================================ > See ncgen3/test-suite.log > Please report to address@hidden > ============================================================================ > make[3]: *** [test-suite.log] Error 1 > make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/zhou/netcdf-4.4.1.1/ncgen3' > make[2]: *** [check-TESTS] Error 2 > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/zhou/netcdf-4.4.1.1/ncgen3' > make[1]: *** [check-am] Error 2 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/zhou/netcdf-4.4.1.1/ncgen3' > make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1 > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: QFL-946930 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.