Hi Dave,
> Is there any install documentation for the new separate fortran
> library, netCDF-Fortran version 4.2? There is some talk about build
> details in the netcdfgroup archives from October 2010, at the time of
> initial release. The distribution README file mentions an INSTALL
> file, which is not included. Otherwise, I can't find this in any of
> the likely places.
Thanks for noticing the missing netCDF-Fortran version 4.2 INSTALL
documentation. It looks like the README is also just a copy from the
previous combined C/Fortran/C++ source distribution. We'll provide the
missing documentation in the next minor release of netCDF-Fortran, and
something on the Web documentation page soon.
In the meantime, this will work:
1. Make sure the netCDF C library is already installed.
2. Set the CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS environment variables to specify
where the netCDF C library is installed.
3. Run the configure script from the Fortran release, setting
configure options such as "--prefix", if needed.
4. Run "make check".
5. Run "sudo make install".
As an example, here's what worked for me from the top-level directory of
the Fortran release:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include ./configure
make check
sudo make install
If you use shared libraries (the default), you will only need to use
-lnetcdff to link with the installed Fortran library. If the shared
libraries are installed somewhere not searched by default, you'll need
to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH (or DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH for MacOS X) to run
programs linked with the Fortran library.
If you use static libraries, you'll have to specify -lnetcdf and other
libraries used when the netCDF C library was built.
--Russ
