netcdf.a not installed by libnetcdf-dev

[Grigri]

Hi,

libnetcdf.a file (static version of the library) is not available in the package libnetcdf-dev in xenial 16.04 LTS (and next).

It was present in the trusty 14.04LTS package.

And in the libnetcdff-dev package (netcdf interface for Fortran) you could find also in xenial 16.04 LTS distribution a libnetcdff.a.

I think that is probably an omission.

An idea to solve this lack:
during the autotool-configuration of this library, the configure option "–enable-static" can be set to have a static version of the library or set the Cmake option -D"BUILD\_SHARED\_LIBS=ON".
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/getting_and_building_netcdf.html#netCDF-CMake

Thanks,
nicolas

[Grigri (grima)]

Text correction

Please read:

... the Cmake option -D"BUILD\_SHARED\_LIBS=OFF"

and not

... the Cmake option -D"BUILD\_SHARED\_LIBS=ON"

[Bas Couwenberg (sebastic)]

NetCDF is no longer built with autotools, hence the static library is no longer built by default.

The package is unlikely to be updated to include it again.

[Grigri (grima)]

Thank for the answer,

but on this official NetCDF web page we can see (21 august 2017) that autotools (./configure command) are always used :
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/getting_and_building_netcdf.html#configure_options

I give also a solution using Cmake if you don't use autotools during netcdf installation in ubuntu package.

Thanks,
Nicolas.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.