Leslie:  Great, I'm glad it worked for you.

Regards,

   Doug

[email protected]
Software Engineer
UCAR - COSMIC, Tel. (303) 497-2611

On Mon, 21 Sep 2009, Leslie(Pete) Boyd wrote:

>
> Hi Doug,
>
>   Thanks.
>
>   Just as you suggest, I "tweaked" the Makefile.PL script and
>   added my location for NetCDF and it installed!
>
>   Thanks again for the response...have a nice day!
>
>> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:46:36 -0600 (MDT)
>> From: Doug Hunt <[email protected]>
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>> To: "Leslie(Pete) Boyd" <[email protected]>
>> cc: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: CPANPLUS and PDL::NetCDF
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>> Hi Leslie:  Both PDL and PDL::NetCDF require some manual tuning to
>> install, so they don't install automatically from the cpan shell.
>>
>> The approach I always take is to download the latest PDL from CPAN:
>>
>> http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/C/CH/CHM/PDL-2.4.4.tar.gz
>>
>> and install it manually:
>>
>> 1) Untar
>> 2) Install prereqs:
>>
>>             'Astro::FITS::Header' => 0,
>>             'File::Spec'          => 0.6,
>>             'Filter::Util::Call'  => 0, # for PDL::NiceSlice
>>             'Text::Balanced'      => 0, # for PDL::NiceSlice
>>             'Inline'              => 0.43,
>>
>> *These* you can install with the cpan shell!
>>
>> 3) Install PDL:
>>
>> perl Makefile.PL
>> make
>> make test
>> make install
>>
>> If this does not work, then I would edit the ./perldl.conf file to get rid
>> of any external packages you won't need (stuff like TRI_D, SLATEC, etc).
>> I would set WITH_3D to zero, for example and perhaps other WITH_ flags.
>>
>> Once PDL is installed, then download PDL::NetCDF from CPAN:
>>
>> http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/D/DH/DHUNT/PDL-NetCDF-4.02.tar.gz
>>
>> The trick here is to tell the PDL-NetCDF module where to find the netCDF
>> libraries and headers.  Some standard locations are encoded in the module,
>> but for anything non-standard, you must specify the location with
>> environment variables:
>>
>> NETCDF_LIBDIR and NETCDF_INCDIR.  In my case I do this:
>>
>> (untar PDL-NetCDF-4.02.tar.gz and cd to top directory)
>> export NETCDF_LIBDIR=/ops/tools/lib
>> export NETCDF_INCDIR=/ops/tools/include
>> perl Makefile.PL
>> make
>> make test
>> make install
>>
>> Of course, to do this, you must have installed the netCDF library
>> (available from http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/)
>>
>> Other folks on the PDL list may have some better or more current ideas,
>> please chime in!
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>    Doug Hunt
>>
>> [email protected]
>> Software Engineer
>> UCAR - COSMIC, Tel. (303) 497-2611
>>
>> On Fri, 18 Sep 2009, Leslie(Pete) Boyd wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Douglas,
>>>
>>>   I am attempting to install the PDL::NetCDF module using cpanp
>>>   on a SGI Altix 3700.
>>>
>>>   Getting the below message from cpanp.
>>>
>>>   Any suggestions?
>>>
>>>   Thanks.
>>>
>>> Going to read /tmp/.cpan/sources/modules/03modlist.data.gz
>>> Going to write /tmp/.cpan/Metadata
>>> Running install for module PDL::NetCDF
>>>
>>>  The module PDL::NetCDF isn't available on CPAN.
>>>
>>>  Either the module has not yet been uploaded to CPAN, or it is
>>>  temporary unavailable. Please contact the author to find out
>>>  more about the status. Try 'i PDL::NetCDF'.
>>>
>>> cpan> i PDL::NetCDF
>>> Strange distribution name [PDL::NetCDF]
>>> Module id = PDL::NetCDF
>>>    DESCRIPTION  Reads/Writes NetCDF files from/to PDL objs
>>>    CPAN_USERID  DHUNT (Douglas Hunt <[email protected]>)
>>>    CPAN_VERSION undef
>>>    CPAN_FILE    Contact Author Douglas Hunt <[email protected]>
>>>    DSLI_STATUS  RdcO (released,developer,C,object-oriented)
>>>    INST_FILE    (not installed)
>>>
>>>
>>> cpan>
>>>
>>>
>>> ******************
>>> Leslie(Pete) Boyd
>>> Contractor:               The rich man isn't the one who has the most,
>>> Vision Technoligies       but the one who needs the least.
>>> Senior Systems Engineer
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>>>
>>> ------------- End Forwarded Message -------------
>>>
>>>
>>> ******************
>>> Leslie(Pete) Boyd
>>> Contractor:               The rich man isn't the one who has the most,
>>> Vision Technoligies       but the one who needs the least.
>>> Senior Systems Engineer
>>> US EPA  Rm. E460                --- IN GOD WE TRUST --
>>> 919/541-1438
>>> ******************
>>>
>>>
>
> ******************
> Leslie(Pete) Boyd
> Contractor:               The rich man isn't the one who has the most,
> Vision Technoligies       but the one who needs the least.
> Senior Systems Engineer
> US EPA  Rm. E460                --- IN GOD WE TRUST --
> 919/541-1438
> ******************
>
>

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