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[netCDF #AVF-792955]: Installing netcdf-fortran requires netcdf-c version 4.7.4

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  • Subject: [netCDF #AVF-792955]: Installing netcdf-fortran requires netcdf-c version 4.7.4
  • Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 17:50:03 -0700
Hi,

Can you tell me where you got this copy of netCDF-Fortran you are trying to 
configure? There should not be a check for netCDF-C 4.7.4 in any versions we 
have released.  Can you provide the config.log file generated when you ran 
'configure'?

Thanks!

-Ward

> Hello,
> 
> I have been trying to install the necessary  libraries for CESM and got up
> to installing netcdf-fortran library. It seems like maybe the instructions
> here
> https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/building_netcdf_fortran.html
> should
> be updated to reflect that you have to make the configure file yourself but
> after I did that I got the following error message:
> 
> configure: error: netcdf-c version 4.7.4 or greater is required
> 
> But the latest release of netcdf-c listed here
> https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/releases is 4.7.3 which is what I
> installed.
> 
> What is the best way forward here?
> 

> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: AVF-792955
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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