Building Libraries in Tutorial

Hi,

I am going through the "Compiling WRF" tutorial and have come to the portion where I need to build the libraries. I am using Ubuntu and have the tcsh shell up and running in the cmd, but when I go to run the following code:

present
cd netcdf-4.1.3
./configure --prefix=$DIR/netcdf --disable-dap
--disable-netcdf-4 --disable-shared
make
make install
setenv PATH $DIR/netcdf/bin:$PATH
setenv NETCDF $DIR/netcdf
cd ..

in order to set up the library, it doesn't appear to be working correctly. I get the following responses from the prompt that I don't know what to make of:

checking for library containing deflate... no
configure: error: Can't find or link to the z library. Turn off netCDF-4 and opendap with --disable-netcdf-4 --disable-dap, or see config.log for errors.

--disable-netcdf-4 --disable-shared
--disable-netcdf-4: Command not found.

make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

~/Desktop/Programs/Build_WRF/LIBRARIES/netcdf-4.1.3> make install
make: *** No rule to make target 'install'. Stop.
~/Desktop/Programs/Build_WRF/LIBRARIES/netcdf-4.1.3> setenv PATH $DIR/netcdf/bin:$PATH
~/Desktop/Programs/Build_WRF/LIBRARIES/netcdf-4.1.3> setenv NETCDF $DIR/netcdf
~/Desktop/Programs/Build_WRF/LIBRARIES/netcdf-4.1.3> cd ..

Any ideas on where I am going wrong? Note, I have set up the directories already using:

setenv DIR /path_to_directory/Build_WRF/LIBRARIES
setenv CC gcc
setenv CXX g++
setenv FC gfortran
setenv FCFLAGS -m64
setenv F77 gfortran
setenv FFLAGS -m64
setenv JASPERLIB $DIR/grib2/lib
setenv JASPERINC $DIR/grib2/include
setenv LDFLAGS -L$DIR/grib2/lib
setenv CPPFLAGS -I$DIR/grib2/include

Does it matter what directory you're in when you set these paths? For example, could I be in Desktop or do I have to be in the "LIBRARIES' directory when I set these paths?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Hi,
Are you attempting to run this full set of commands at one time?

These are meant to be run separately, and the "./configure...." line is all one line (as I've indicated above).

Hi,

Yes. I was trying to run everything at once since the prompt appeared to keep everything in order. Anyway, I've gone back through line-by-line and now have the following issue:

1. The 'present' command returns with 'command not found' and I'm not exactly sure how to fix this. I am in the process of searching out solutions for this.
2. I am able to cd into netcdf-4.1.3 and run the line ./configure.... with no troubles. I can run 'make' as well, but when I run 'make install' it returns with:


There are clearly errors present, but I'm unfamiliar, so I'm not sure how to rectify them.

Hi,
The "present" that you are seeing is actually a continuation of the note on the line above. It's not intended to be a command.

As for the errors you are getting, unfortunately we do not support/manage NetCDF. We can only suggest how to build it. You'll need to talk to a systems administrator at your institution to see what is going wrong on your particular system.