With out knowing the platform, the only suggestion I have is to add "-fPIC" to the CFLAGS environment variable and then try to rebuild. > i'm trying to install netcdf4.6.1 and my problem is when i try to "make > check" i get this error: > > > /usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libhdf5_hl.a(H5DS.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 > against `.rodata.str1.1' can not be used when making a shared object; > recompile with -fPIC > /usr/local/lib/libhdf5_hl.a: error adding symbols: Bad value > collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status > Makefile:537: recipe for target 'libnetcdf.la' failed > make[1]: *** [libnetcdf.la] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/mmkamou/Downloads/netcdf-c-4.6.1/liblib' > Makefile:672: recipe for target 'check-recursive' failed > make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1 > > > [cid:image003.jpg@01D0193B.0EE1FA80] > Kamara Mouhamadou Moustapha > Chief of Mean Scale Meteorology Service > PB: 29993 Dakar-yoff > work: +221 338656057 > mobile: +221 776846018 > website: www.anacim.sn > > =Dennis Heimbigner Unidata Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: BLF-447342 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Open =================== 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.