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

[Jason Snyder]

how do I enable the "universe" repository?


On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Carl Boettiger <cboettig at gmail.com> wrote:

> You shouldn't have to configure using sudo if the netcdf file is in your
> home directory, which it looks like it is, since it is on your desktop.  You
> should have write access to that as an ordinary user.  That said, no running
> it with sudo shouldn't hurt -- presumably that command worked without error
> and hence you have root access?
>
> The next command is usually make, sudo make install being third (just
> putting it into the binaries).  That is, the command sequence is usually.
>
> ./configure
> make
> sudo make install
>
> All from the directory you specify.  This compiles the package from source,
> which can be tricky to get to work.  You mentioned you are on ubuntu.  Have
> you tried simply issuing:
>
> sudo apt-get install netcdf-bin
>
> at the command-line instead?  That should install the software,
> automatically resolve dependencies you might be missing, and be easier to
> keep it up to date.
>
> If that doesn't find anything, try enabling the "universe" repository
>
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Jason Snyder <jmssnyder at ucdavis.edu>wrote:
>
>> I did configure and install netcdf as you specified  using sudo:
>>
>> i.e.
>>
>> sudo ./configure
>> sudo make install
>>
>> I also did make check and everything seems all right based on make check.
>>
>> is it because of lack of write access that I have for the directory
>> /home/snyderjm/Desktop/netcdf-4.0.1?
>>
>> How do I obtain access to /usr/local?
>>
>> Also how do I access root directory since i have permission denied here.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Unidata netCDF Support <
>> support-netcdf at unidata.ucar.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>> ===================
>>> Ticket ID: QCY-964177
>>> Department: Support netCDF
>>> Priority: Normal
>>> Status: Open
>>>
>>>
>>
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>
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