Re: [netcdfgroup] netcdf-4.1.1 build succeeds with hdf5 on OSX 10.6.3 using Xcode 3.2.2 and gfortran-42-5659.pkg

  • To: Larry Baker <baker@xxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: [netcdfgroup] netcdf-4.1.1 build succeeds with hdf5 on OSX 10.6.3 using Xcode 3.2.2 and gfortran-42-5659.pkg
  • From: Roy Mendelssohn <Roy.Mendelssohn@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:12:41 -0700
I believe the default behavior in many things changed between 10.5.x and 
10.6.x.  I needed the -m32 flag for my compile  (on 10.6.4) because HDF did 
default to 32 bit while netcdf did not.

-Roy

On Aug 2, 2010, at 11:00 AM, Larry Baker wrote:

> My Mac is a 64-bit Mac Pro with 12 GB RAM.  The kernel may be 32-bit (uname 
> -a says i386), but that may not be definitive (OS X configures the kernel 
> dynamically at boot.)  (I never paid that much attention to it.)  Regardless, 
> 64-bit applications are supported.  The Intel compilers (icc/icpc/ifort) 
> default to 64-bit, but the GNU compilers (gcc/g++/g95/gfortran) do not.
> 
> Larry Baker
> US Geological Survey
> 650-329-5608
> baker@xxxxxxxx
> 
> On Aug 2, 2010, at 10:47 AM, John Helly wrote:
> 
>> Thanks, Larry. I think that's true if you install the 32-bit Snow Leopard 
>> kernel.  I'll check what this is actually compiling as if I can figure out 
>> how to do that on OSX.
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers.
>> --------------
>> John Helly, UCSD / San Diego Supercomputer Center / Scripps Institution of 
>> Oceanography, Climate, Atmospheric Science, and Physical Oceanography / +01 
>> 760 840 8660 mobile / stonesteps (Skype) / stonesteps7 (iChat) / 
>> /www.sdsc.edu/~hellyj
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Aug 2, 2010, at 10:22 AM, Larry Baker wrote:
>> 
>> John,
>> 
>> My recollection using gcc and gfortran on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) is that 
>> they both default to 32-bit.  My makefiles define CC (and, sometimes, LD) as 
>> "gcc -m64", plus FC as "gfortran -m64" to get things to work.  Note: the 
>> -m64 flag is NOT in defined in the CFLAGS, FCFLAGS and LDFLAGS variables -- 
>> since -m64 is really selecting a different compiler/linker, it should be 
>> defined as part of those variables, regardless of the rest of the options.
>> 
>> For example, here's my (non-HDF) make configure of netCDF using 
>> gcc/g++/gfortran:
>> 
>>      cd netcdf-$(VERSION) ; \
>>      ./configure >configure.log 2>&1 \
>>         CC="gcc -m64" \
>>         CFLAGS="-g -O2" \
>>         CXX="g++ -m64" \
>>         CXXFLAGS="-g -O2" \
>>         CPPFLAGS="-DNDEBUG -DgFortran" \
>>         FC="gfortran -m64" \
>>         FCFLAGS="-g -O2"
>> 
>> (I haven't tried -O3, which supposedly invokes the gcc vectorizer/sse code 
>> generator.)
>> 
>> Larry Baker
>> US Geological Survey
>> 650-329-5608
>> baker@xxxxxxxx
>> 
>> On Aug 2, 2010, at 8:36 AM, John Helly wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi.
>>> 
>>> I copied all the source (netcdf-beta.tar and hdf5-1.8.5) to another mac and 
>>> upgraded Xcode and then installed the gfortran you specified and bingo.
>>> 
>>> +-------------------------------------------------------------+
>>> | Congratulations! You have successfully installed netCDF!    |
>>> |                                                             |
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>>> | compiler options to build your application. Enter           |
>>> |                                                             |
>>> |     nc-config --help                                        |
>>> |                                                             |
>>> | for additional information.                                 |
>>> |                                                             |
>>> | CAUTION:                                                    |
>>> |                                                             |
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>>> |                                                             |
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>>> +-------------------------------------------------------------+
>>> 
>>> iceberg:netcdf-4.1.2-beta1 hellyj$
>>> 
>>> Here's the script I used.  Note that this is a 64bit build since I turned 
>>> off the -m32 option.  At least I think it defaults to 64-bit.
>>> 
>>> #!/bin/bash
>>> make distclean
>>> #export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/hdf5-1.8.5-macosx32-static"
>>> #export 
>>> DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/hdf5-1.8.5-macosx32-static:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
>>> export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/hdf5-1.8.5:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
>>> #export 
>>> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/hdf5-1.8.5-macosx32-static:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>>> #
>>> echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH: $LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
>>> echo "DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH"
>>> export CC=/usr/bin/cc
>>> #export CFLAGS='-m32'
>>> #export CPPFLAGS=-Df2cFortran
>>> export F77=gfortran
>>> export FC=gfortran
>>> export FCFLAGS=-qsuffix=cpp=f90
>>> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/netcdf-4.1.2beta --enable-netcdf-4 
>>> --enable-f90 --with-hdf5=/usr/local/hdf5-1.8.5
>>> 
>>> #./configure --prefix=/usr/local/netcdf-4.1.1 --enable-netcdf-4 
>>> --enable-f90 --with-hdf5=/usr/local/hdf5-1.8.5-macosx32-static
>>> #
>>> #export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/hdf5-1.8.5-macosx64-static"
>>> #./configure --prefix=/usr/local/netcdf-4.1.1 --enable-netcdf-4 
>>> --enable-f90 --with-hdf5=/usr/local/hdf5-1.8.5-macosx64-static
>>> 
>>> I'm going to try to reproduce this on my laptops where I was having the 
>>> previous problems.
>>> 
>>> Cheers.
>>> --------------
>>> John Helly, UCSD / San Diego Supercomputer Center / Scripps Institution of 
>>> Oceanography, Climate, Atmospheric Science, and Physical Oceanography / +01 
>>> 760 840 8660 mobile / stonesteps (Skype) / stonesteps7 (iChat) / 
>>> /www.sdsc.edu/~hellyj
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Aug 2, 2010, at 8:20 AM, John Helly wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks, Roy.  Sounds like just the kind of black magic I need.
>>> Cheers.
>>> --------------
>>> John Helly, UCSD / San Diego Supercomputer Center / Scripps Institution of 
>>> Oceanography, Climate, Atmospheric Science, and Physical Oceanography / +01 
>>> 760 840 8660 mobile / stonesteps (Skype) / stonesteps7 (iChat) / 
>>> /www.sdsc.edu/~hellyj
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Aug 2, 2010, at 7:52 AM, Roy Mendelssohn wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi John:
>>> 
>>> I notice you are using HDF-1.8.5.  A few days ago I emailed the list about 
>>> that, and Ed replied that at the moment they do not work with HDF-1.8.5  (i 
>>> can't find the email but look at the archives).  You need to use the 
>>> version of HDF 1.8.4 that is on the netcdf ftp site.  I have been able to 
>>> compile that with:
>>> 
>>> 1.  the gcc and gfortran from fink
>>> 
>>> 2. the gcc from apple and the gfortran from R at:  
>>> http://r.research.att.com/tools/  - make certain you scroll down and get 
>>> the gfortran for Snwo Leopard, not the one at the top of the page.
>>> 
>>> HTH,
>>> 
>>> -Roy
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Greetings.
>>>> 
>>>> I am struggling to compile netcdf-4.1.1 on OSX 10.6.4 with hdf5 and 
>>>> fortran so I can build Dave Pierce's new ncview.  I have worked my way 
>>>> through some earlier problems and have come to this script:
>>>> 
>>>> #!/bin/bash
>>>> make distclean
>>>> #export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/hdf5-1.8.5-macosx32-static"
>>>> export CC=/usr/bin/cc
>>>> export CFLAGS='-m32'
>>>> #export CPPFLAGS=-Df2cFortran
>>>> export F77=gfortran
>>>> export FC=gfortran
>>>> export FCFLAGS=-qsuffix=cpp=f90
>>>> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/netcdf-4.1.1 --enable-netcdf-4 
>>>> --enable-f90 --with-hdf5=/usr/local/hdf5-1.8.5-macosx32-static
>>>> #
>>>> #export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/hdf5-1.8.5-macosx64-static"
>>>> #./configure --prefix=/usr/local/netcdf-4.1.1 --enable-netcdf-4 
>>>> --enable-f90 --with-hdf5=/usr/local/hdf5-1.8.5-macosx64-static
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> This got me past some earlier problems with 32-bit fortran libraries (I 
>>>> think) but now I'm getting complaints about the hdf5 libraries even though 
>>>> they seem to be found for some things.
>>>> 
>>>> checking for manual-page index command...
>>>> checking hdf5.h usability... yes
>>>> checking hdf5.h presence... yes
>>>> checking for hdf5.h... yes
>>>> checking whether we should try to build netCDF-4... yes
>>>> checking for H5Fflush in -lhdf5... no
>>>> configure: error: Can't find or link to the hdf5 library. Configure with 
>>>> --disable-netcdf-4 or see config.log for errors.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I'm attaching the config.log for those who might care to look.  In the 
>>>> script above, you can see that I experimented with defining the LDFLAGS 
>>>> and this solved the problem of the missing -lhdf5 but introduced a bunch 
>>>> of other even stranger problems that made me think I was overriding some 
>>>> more basic library paths by specifying LDFLAGS.  Anyway, I couldn't figure 
>>>> out what those problems were so I backed up to this in hoping that someone 
>>>> out there would have a suggestion.
>>>> 
>>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers.
>>>> --------------
>>>> John Helly, UCSD / San Diego Supercomputer Center / Scripps Institution of 
>>>> Oceanography, Climate, Atmospheric Science, and Physical Oceanography / 
>>>> +01 760 840 8660 mobile / stonesteps (Skype) / stonesteps7 (iChat) / 
>>>> /www.sdsc.edu/~hellyj
>>>> <config.log>
>>>> 
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Environmental Research Division
Southwest Fisheries Science Center
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Pacific Grove, CA 93950-2097

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