how do I enable the "universe" repository?
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Carl Boettiger <[email protected]> wrote: > You shouldn't have to configure using sudo if the netcdf file is in your > home directory, which it looks like it is, since it is on your desktop. You > should have write access to that as an ordinary user. That said, no running > it with sudo shouldn't hurt -- presumably that command worked without error > and hence you have root access? > > The next command is usually make, sudo make install being third (just > putting it into the binaries). That is, the command sequence is usually. > > ./configure > make > sudo make install > > All from the directory you specify. This compiles the package from source, > which can be tricky to get to work. You mentioned you are on ubuntu. Have > you tried simply issuing: > > sudo apt-get install netcdf-bin > > at the command-line instead? That should install the software, > automatically resolve dependencies you might be missing, and be easier to > keep it up to date. > > If that doesn't find anything, try enabling the "universe" repository > > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Jason Snyder <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I did configure and install netcdf as you specified using sudo: >> >> i.e. >> >> sudo ./configure >> sudo make install >> >> I also did make check and everything seems all right based on make check. >> >> is it because of lack of write access that I have for the directory >> /home/snyderjm/Desktop/netcdf-4.0.1? >> >> How do I obtain access to /usr/local? >> >> Also how do I access root directory since i have permission denied here. >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Unidata netCDF Support < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Jason- >>> The problem almost certainly is that you do not have >>> access to /usr/local. >>> You will need to do one of two things. >>> 1. configure and install netcdf using sudo or logged in as root. >>> 2. choose a different location to install netcdf; one for which you >>> have write access. You specify that by saying >>> ./configure -prefix=<path to install directory> >>> >>> =Dennis Heimbigner >>> >>> >>> Ticket Details >>> =================== >>> Ticket ID: QCY-964177 >>> Department: Support netCDF >>> Priority: Normal >>> Status: Open >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> vox-tech mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech >> >> > > > -- > Carl Boettiger > Population Biology, UC Davis > http://two.ucdavis.edu/~cboettig <http://two.ucdavis.edu/%7Ecboettig> > > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > >
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