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[netCDF #YWP-403246]: compiling netCDF

Hi Chad,

It seems as though netCDF is still having issues finding the Intel libs. First, 
which version of Ubuntu are you running? Second, could you send me the output 
from the following two commands:

1) echo $SHELL

2) ls -la /bin/sh

Thanks!

Sean

> Hi Sean,
> 
> I did as you suggested.  I cleared all the shell environmental
> variables and used
> source /opt/intel/bin/iccvars.sh intel64
> source /opt/intel/bin/ifortvars.sh intel64
> 
> The configure and make seemed to go ok, but when I ran "make check" it
> failed 4 out of 5 of the tests.
> 
> I made log files of each stage and attached them to this email for you
> to examine.  Do you think gc/gortran would work better or stay with
> intel on ubuntu?  Others here at ASU reported better success with
> intel compilers, which is why I am using them.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chad
> 
> 
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Unidata netCDF Support
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Greetings Dr. Coulliette!
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> My name is Dr. Chad Coulliette.  I am working with Professor Alex
> >> Mahalov at Arizona State University.  I have been trying to compile
> >> netCDF on Ubuntu Linux 64-bit.  The hardware is a MacBook Pro with a
> >> Intel Duo Core 64-bit processor.  I want to compile and use WRF, but
> >> need netCDF first.  I have netCDF installed as a package using
> >> synaptic, but I suspect there is something deficient about it, so we
> >> have been trying to compile and install netCDF from source code.  I
> >> have netCDF-4.1.2 and have tried with both GNU compilers and Intel
> >> compilers.  The GNU compilers seem to compile ok....no errors during
> >> make, but when I run "make check" it finds problems, and the message
> >> actually says to contact this email address.
> >
> > From looking through the make-gcc.log, you seem to be using the Intel 
> > fortran compiler `ifort` along side the gcc `cc` compiler - this is because 
> > .configure could not find any other fortran compiler (i.e. gfortran) in 
> > your $PATH. The error you are getting, as indicated in the 
> > make-test-gcc.log file, is due to problems finding the Intel shared 
> > objects. This is probably because when you building with a GNU environment 
> > in mind and so you didn't source ifortvars.sh. If you want to go the GNU 
> > route, try installing gfortran .
> >
> >> With the Intel
> >> compilers, it crashes during the make.  I included log files of the
> >> configure, make and make check for the GNU compilers, and included log
> >> files for the configure and make for the Intel compilers.
> >>
> >> For the Intel compiler, I have been following the instructions at
> >>
> >> http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/performance-tools-for-software-developers-building-netcdf-with-the-intel-compilers/
> >>
> >> Are these the best compile instructions?  They might be too old,
> >> because I noticed a complaint about the compiler flag -xT being
> >> depreciated.  I tried to take it out and run everything over, but the
> >> results were the same.
> >>
> >
> > The instructions above are for an older version of netCDF. I would check 
> > out the Unidata netCDF docs, which can be found here:
> >
> > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/netcdf-install/Building-on-Unix.html#Building-on-Unix
> >
> > These docs do not specifically look at using the Intel compiler, but it 
> > should give you some general reference.
> >
> > What happens if you do not set any flags by hand, but only source 
> > iccvars.sh and ifortvars.sh before building?
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Sean Arms
> >
> >> Could you examine the log files and let me know what to do?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Chad
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: YWP-403246
> > Department: Support netCDF
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Open
> >
> >
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: YWP-403246
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Open