[MITgcm-support] Installation of gfortran and netcdf

[Ryan Abernathey]

I have always used the compilers from this website. They seem to work
great, as long as you pick a version compatible with your current OS.
http://hpc.sourceforge.net/

On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Menemenlis, Dimitris (329D) <
Dimitris.Menemenlis at jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:

> I am no expert but it looks like there might be an incompatibility
> between your gfortran and gcc compilers.
> There is a pre-compiled version gfortran for Snow Leopard
> available here: https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GFortranBinaries
> which might be more compatible with your C libraries.
>
> On a separate note, if your macbook is late 2008 or newer,
> you can upgrade from snow leopard to yosemite for free:
> https://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/
> I agree that snow leopard was a good vintage of OS X but it is no longer
> actively supported by Apple so that could cause increasing incompatibility
> and security issues.  Additionally newer flavors of OS X, Mavericks and
> Yosemite, use various tricks to conserve battery power, which might be
> good for an old laptop.
>
> On Yosemite I currently use gfrotran 4.9.0 from
> https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GFortranBinaries
> http://coudert.name/software/gfortran-4.9.0-Mavericks.dmg
> and I had to run the command: "xcode-select --install" as described here:
>
> https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/installing-intel-compilers-for-os-x-pre-requisite-xcode-command-line-tools
>
> > On Jan 14, 2015, at 4:40 AM, Nick <nrogan at geomar.de> wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I feel rather daft resorting to the mailing list for what should be such
> a simple task. However, I've spent the last four days trying to sort it out
> and I just can't keep going.
> >
> > I have lots of experience running the MIT on my iMac and macbook pro,
> the latter of which I set up within an hour myself by installing gfortran,
> hdf and netcdf before compiling the MITgcm successfully.
> >
> > My experience of installation was a couple of years ago and due to a
> short term post, a crippled iMac and a change of institution I need to
> install the MIT on my personal MACbook to run some simple simulations.
> >
> > So, I am running Mac OS X 10.6 and just can not get gfortran and netcdf
> installed, or if they are installed genmake2 does not acknowledge their
> existence. I have tried compiling binaries from sourceforge, gcc  and
> others. I have tried apple installers, everything and none of them seem to
> give the required result.
> >
> > Can someone take a couple of minutes out of their day and give me some
> advice?
> >
> > This is no doubt something simple like the location of the libraries or
> pointing a particular package to the executable, but I just can't get my
> head around it.
> >
> > I think I've installed gfortran, though I couldnt find anywhere how I
> should test it's installation. Version information and manual information
> come onto the terminal when I request them.
> >
> > I pointed the mitgcm optfile at the gfortran executable at
> /usr/local/bin/gfortran. But genmake2 does not acknowledge that fortran
> exists:
> >
> > ===  Checking system libraries  ===
> > Do we have the system() command using /usr/local/bin/gfortran...  no
> > Do we have the fdate() command using /usr/local/bin/gfortran...  no
> > Do we have the etime() command using /usr/local/bin/gfortran...  no
> > Can we call simple C routines (here, "cloc()") using
> /usr/local/bin/gfortran...  no
> > Can we unlimit the stack size using /usr/local/bin/gfortran...  no
> > Can we register a signal handler using /usr/local/bin/gfortran...  no
> > Can we use stat() through C calls...  no
> > Can we create NetCDF-enabled binaries...  no
> >
> > Any advice?
> >
> > Hopefully someone can solve this problem for me in seconds.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Nick Rogan
> >
> >
> >
> >
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