[vox-tech] Fwd: [netCDF #QCY-964177]: netcdf - 4.0.1 problems

[Carl Boettiger]

In general you have access only to your home directory, /home/yourusername
unless you use sudo or su to gain root access, giving you write access to
everything.  View permissions with ls -l, see more details here (or just
google unix permissions)
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~rc/help/faq/permissions.html

Are you using your own machine or a university machine with a systems
adminstrator?  How are you trying to install netcdf?  (i.e. with apt-get or
compiling?)  When do you get this error?

-C

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Jason Snyder <jmssnyder at ucdavis.edu> wrote:

>
> I got the following message as to why netcdf does not install correctly:
>
> How do I access /usr/local?  Also how do I know which directories I have
> write access to?
>
> Thanks,
>
> jason
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Unidata netCDF Support <support-netcdf at unidata.ucar.edu>
> Date: Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 2:31 PM
> Subject: [netCDF #QCY-964177]: netcdf - 4.0.1 problems
> To: jmssnyder at ucdavis.edu
> Cc: support-netcdf at unidata.ucar.edu
>
>
> Jason-
> The problem almost certainly is that you do not have
> access to /usr/local.
> You will need to do one of two things.
> 1. configure and install netcdf using sudo or logged in as root.
> 2. choose a different location to install netcdf; one for which you
>   have write access. You specify that by saying
>   ./configure -prefix=<path to install directory>
>
> =Dennis Heimbigner
>
>
> Ticket Details
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> Ticket ID: QCY-964177
> Department: Support netCDF
> Priority: Normal
> Status: Open
>
>
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Carl Boettiger
Population Biology, UC Davis
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