Building Libraries in Tutorial

[jmaloney1985]

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!

 

[kwerner]

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

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 ..

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

 

[jmaloney1985]

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:

Making install in include
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/jmaloney1985/Desktop/Programs/Build_WRF/LIBRARIES/netcdf-4.1.3/include'
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/jmaloney1985/Desktop/Programs/Build_WRF/LIBRARIES/netcdf-4.1.3/include'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'.
test -z "/path_to_directory/Build_WRF/LIBRARIES/netcdf/include" || /usr/bin/mkdir -p "/path_to_directory/Build_WRF/LIBRARIES/netcdf/include"
/usr/bin/mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/path_to_directory’: Permission denied
make[2]: *** [Makefile:282: install-includeHEADERS] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/jmaloney1985/Desktop/Programs/Build_WRF/LIBRARIES/netcdf-4.1.3/include'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:396: install-am] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/jmaloney1985/Desktop/Programs/Build_WRF/LIBRARIES/netcdf-4.1.3/include'
make: *** [Makefile:551: install-recursive] Error 1

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

 

[kwerner]

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.