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INSTALL
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@ -59,17 +59,17 @@ Building with NetCDF-4 and the Remote Data Client
*************************************************
The usual way of building netCDF requires the HDF5, zlib, and curl
libraries. (And, optionally, the szlib library).
libraries. (And, optionally, the szlib library). Versions required are
at least HDF5 1.8.8, zlib 1.2.5, and curl 7.18.0 or later.
(Optionally, if building with szlib, get szip 2.0 or later.)
Get the HDF5 1.8.8 release. You must also have the zlib compression
library, version 1.2.5 or later. Both of these packages are available
from the netCDF-4 ftp site:
HDF5 1.8.8 and zlib 1.2.5 packages are available from the netCDF-4 ftp
site:
ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/netcdf-4
If you wish to use the remote data client code, then you will also
need libcurl version 7.18.0 or later. Libcurl can be obtained from the
curl website:
need libcurl, which can be obtained from the curl website:
http://curl.haxx.se/download.html
@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ working, netCDF will have serious problems.
Note that for building netCDF, it is not necessary to build the HDF5
Fortran, C++, or Java API's. Only the HDF5 C library is used.
Optionally, you can also build netCDF-4 with the szip 2.0 library
Optionally, you can also build netCDF-4 with the szip library
(a.k.a. szlib). NetCDF cannot create szipped data files, but can read
HDF5 data files that have used szip.
@ -205,8 +205,7 @@ the mpicc wrapper script, in the case of MPICH2.
The following works to build HDF5 with parallel I/O on our netCDF
testing system:
CC=mpicc ./configure --enable-parallel --prefix=/shecky/local_par \
--with-zlib=/shecky/local_par
CC=mpicc ./configure --enable-parallel --prefix=/shecky/local_par --with-zlib=/shecky/local_par
make check install
If the HDF5 used by netCDF has been built with parallel I/O, then

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man4/install.doc
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@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ snapshot</a>. It is generated nightly at the Unidata Program
Center. It has passed all tests on our (Linux) test machine, but not
necessarily all platform compatibility tests.
\warning The daily snapshot release contains bug-fixes and new features
added since the last full release. It may also contain portability
bugs.
\warning The daily snapshot release contains bug-fixes and new
features added since the last full release. It may also contain
portability bugs.
Once you have downloaded and unpacked the distribution, see \ref
building.
Once you have downloaded and unpacked the distribution, see the
following section on \ref building.
\page building Building NetCDF
@ -51,14 +51,15 @@ full functionality. (See \ref architecture).
\page build_default Building with NetCDF-4 and the Remote Data Client
The usual way of building netCDF requires the HDF5, zlib, and curl
libraries. (And, optionally, the szlib library).
libraries. (And, optionally, the szlib library). Versions required are
at least HDF5 1.8.8, zlib 1.2.5, and curl 7.18.0 or later.
(Optionally, if building with szlib, get szip 2.0 or later.)
Get the HDF5 1.8.8 release. You must also have the zlib compression
library, version 1.2.5 or later. Both of these packages are available from the
<a href="ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/netcdf-4">netCDF-4 ftp
site</a>. If you wish to use the remote data client code, then you will
also need libcurl version 7.16.4 or later. Libcurl can be obtained
from the <a href="http://curl.haxx.se/download.html">curl website</a>.
HDF5 1.8.8 and zlib 1.2.5 packages are available from the <a
href="ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/netcdf-4">netCDF-4 ftp
site</a>. If you wish to use the remote data client code, then you
will also need libcurl, which can be obtained from the <a
href="http://curl.haxx.se/download.html">curl website</a>.
Make sure you run ``make check'' for the HDF5 and zlib
distributions. They are very well-behaved distributions, but sometimes
@ -69,12 +70,12 @@ working, netCDF will have serious problems.
Note that for building netCDF, it is not necessary to build the HDF5
Fortran, C++, or Java API's. Only the HDF5 C library is used.
Optionally, you can also build netCDF-4 with the szip 2.0 library
Optionally, you can also build netCDF-4 with the szip library
(a.k.a. szlib). NetCDF cannot create szipped data files, but can read
HDF5 data files that have used szip.
There are license restrictions on the use of szip, see the section on
licensing terms in the : <a
licensing terms in the <a
href="http://www.hdfgroup.org/doc_resource/SZIP/">web page on szip
compression in HDF products</a>. These license restrictions seem to
apply to commercial users who are writing data. (Data readers are not