Installing and Using netCDF-C Libraries in Windows {#winbin} ================================================== \brief NetCDF-C Libraries in a Windows Environment may be used under multiple sets of circumstances. \tableofcontents There are several development environments available for programmers who develop on Windows. * `Microsoft Visual Studio ` * `MSYS/MinGW` * `Cygwin` For developers using `Microsoft Visual Studio`, you may download using the Windows build instructions, or you may download the pre-built netCDF-C libraries from this page. For developers using `MSYS/MinGW` or `Cygwin`, you may build netCDF-C using the Linux/Unix build instructions. > For complex builds that include netCDF-4 and/or DAP support this may prove tricky, as it is time consuming to collect all of the dependencies. In these cases it may be easier to use the pre-built `netcdf` packages provided by the `MSYS` and `Cygwin` environments. Users who prefer to build the netCDF-C libraries from source in a Windows environment using Microsoft Visual Studio are referred to \ref netCDF-CMake # Getting pre-built netCDF-C Libraries for Visual Studio These libraries can be used with Visual Studio 2010 projects. The downloads are installer packages which contain the netCDF-C libraries and utilities (ncgen, ncgen3, ncdump and nccopy), as well as the associated dependencies. ## Latest Stable Release (netCDF-C 4.3.1.1) Configuration | 32-bit | 64-bit | :-------------------|:-------- |:-------| netCDF 3 | [netCDF4.3.1.1-NC3-32.exe][r1] | [netCDF4.3.1.1-NC3-64.exe][r5] netCDF3+DAP | [netCDF4.3.1.1-NC3-DAP-32.exe][r2] | [netCDF4.3.1.1-NC3-DAP-64.exe][r6] netCDF4 | [netCDF4.3.1.1-NC4-32.exe][r3] | [netCDF4.3.1.1-NC4-64.exe][r7] netCDF4+DAP | [netCDF4.3.1.1-NC4-DAP-32.exe][r4] | [netCDF4.3.1.1-NC4-DAP-64.exe][r8] ## Latest Release Candidate (netCDF-C 4.3.1.1-rc6) *Note: The latest release candidate may actually* **pre-date** *the latest stable release. If you are interested in using the latest developer snapshot on Windows, it may be downloaded from http://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c but be warned,* **you will need to compile it yourself!** Configuration | 32-bit | 64-bit | :-------------------|:-------- |:-------| netCDF 3 | [netCDF4.3.1-rc6-NC3-32.exe][rc1] | [netCDF4.3.1-rc6-NC3-64.exe][rc6] netCDF3+DAP | [netCDF4.3.1-rc6-NC3-DAP-32.exe][rc2] | [netCDF4.3.1-rc6-NC3-DAP-64.exe][rc6] netCDF4 | [netCDF4.3.1-rc6-NC4-32.exe][rc3] | [netCDF4.3.1-rc6-NC4-64.exe][rc7] netCDF4+DAP | [netCDF4.3.1-rc6-NC4-DAP-32.exe][rc4] | [netCDF4.3.1-rc6-NC4-DAP-64.exe][rc8] # Using the netCDF-C Libraries with Visual Studio In order to use the netcdf libraries, you must ensure that the .dll files (along with any dependencies from deps/shared/bin) are on the system path. In order to compile a program using these libraries, you must first link your program against the appropriate 'import' (.lib) libraries. ## Install Hierarchy When installed, the netCDF libraries are placed in the specified locations, along with the netCDF-C utilities and
# Notes *The following points should be considered when using the netCDF-C libraries on Windows.* 1. When building the netCDF-C libraries with netCDF4 support, using the 'debug' libraries may cause extraneous warnings. These warnings are related to cross-dll memory management, and appear to be harmless. You can safely ignore them by using the 'release' libraries. [NCF-220] [r1]: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/win_netcdf/netCDF4.3.1.1-NC3-32.exe [r2]: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/win_netcdf/netCDF4.3.1.1-NC3-DAP-32.exe [r3]: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/win_netcdf/netCDF4.3.1.1-NC4-32.exe [r4]: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/win_netcdf/netCDF4.3.1.1-NC4-DAP-32.exe [r5]: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/win_netcdf/netCDF4.3.1.1-NC3-64.exe [r6]: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/win_netcdf/netCDF4.3.1.1-NC3-DAP-64.exe [r7]: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/win_netcdf/netCDF4.3.1.1-NC4-64.exe [r8]: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/win_netcdf/netCDF4.3.1.1-NC4-DAP-64.exe [rc1]: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/win_netcdf/netCDF4.3.1-rc6-NC3-32.exe [rc2]: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/win_netcdf/netCDF4.3.1-rc6-NC3-DAP-32.exe [rc3]: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/win_netcdf/netCDF4.3.1-rc6-NC4-32.exe [rc4]: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/win_netcdf/netCDF4.3.1-rc6-NC4-DAP-32.exe [rc6]: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/win_netcdf/netCDF4.3.1-rc6-NC3-64.exe [rc6]: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/win_netcdf/netCDF4.3.1-rc6-NC3-DAP-64.exe [rc7]: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/win_netcdf/netCDF4.3.1-rc6-NC4-64.exe [rc8]: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/win_netcdf/netCDF4.3.1-rc6-NC4-DAP-64.exe