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

[Carl Boettiger]

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On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Jason Snyder <jmssnyder at ucdavis.edu> wrote:

> 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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>> Carl Boettiger
>> Population Biology, UC Davis
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