Update: I could not get RNetCDF working because I couldn't install udunits version 1 properly, and udunits2 is not the right version.
However, returning to the original post, I *did* get "ncdf" working. Just install it from source. Then, you can do as e.g. below <pre> library(ncdf) jpeg("SSS.jpg", width=1000, height=500) #ftp://ftp.nodc.noaa.gov/pub/data.nodc/woa/WOA05nc/annual file <- open.ncdf("~/data/hydrographic/WOA05nc/S00an1.nc") S <- get.var.ncdf(file,"s00an1")[,,1] x <- get.var.ncdf(file, "lon") y <- get.var.ncdf(file, "lat") col <- hsv(h=seq(2/3, 0, length.out=16), 1, 1) par(mar=rep(0.2, 4)) image(x, y, S, zlim=c(30,38), ylim=c(-90, 90), col=col, asp=1, axes=FALSE, xlab="",ylab="") contour(x, y, S, levels=seq(30.5,38.5,1), drawlabels=FALSE, add=TRUE) contour(x, y, S, levels=seq(30,38,1), add=TRUE, labcex=2) abline(h = seq(-90,90,90), col="darkgray") abline(v=seq(0, 360, 90), col="darkgray") </pre> -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/problem-loading-ncdf-library-on-MAC-tp23195195p24953887.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.