[vox-tech] Problems installing and running UNIX based programs

[Jason Snyder]

I am having problems with installing programs on LINUX ubuntu 9.10.  That
includes having problems setting environments using setenv.  Is it possible
to have some one go over the program webpages to help me install
some of these programs?

One such program is called GrADS on the website for this is:


http://www.iges.org/grads/downloads.html

Based on this website can you help give me guidance on how to install
GrADS?  This would help be to able to install other similar programs.

Another program I tried installing is NetCDF:

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/

when I tried running the install program make install I got the following
message:

snyderjm at snyderjm-laptop:~/Desktop/netcdf-4.0.1$ make install
Making install in f90
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/snyderjm/Desktop/netcdf-4.0.1/f90'
make  install-am
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/snyderjm/Desktop/netcdf-4.0.1/f90'
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/snyderjm/Desktop/netcdf-4.0.1/f90'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
test -z "/usr/local/share/man/man3" || /bin/mkdir -p
"/usr/local/share/man/man3"
/bin/mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/share/man/man3': Permission
denied
make[3]: *** [install-man3] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/snyderjm/Desktop/netcdf-4.0.1/f90'
make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/snyderjm/Desktop/netcdf-4.0.1/f90'
make[1]: *** [install] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/snyderjm/Desktop/netcdf-4.0.1/f90'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1


Thanks,

Jason
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