It's possible it's simply an error in ncdf4. I don't know how many people
specify force_v4=TRUE, that may not be a well-tested branch of the code.
Can you send me a minimal R script and/or necessary data that reproduces
this?
Regards,
--Dave
On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 7:14 AM, David W. Pierce <dpierce@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Emanuele
>
> Barring bugs, it should not be possible to install ncdf4 correctly without
> it knowing where the libraries are. I think it's more likely that the
> netcdf library was not compiled with netcdf version 4 support enabled.
> When you do "nc-config --all" from your command line, what does it report?
>
> Also, am I right in assuming that this is a typo: "netcdf-4 and hfd4
> library"? You need the hdf5 library for modern (version 4) functionality,
> not the hdf4 library.
> Regards,
>
> --Dave
>
> On May 9, 2014 4:32 AM, "Emanuele Cordano" <emanuele.cordano@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I'm using the netcdf-4 libraries from R.
>> I installed ncdf4 package (
>> http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/ncdf4/index.html) and also the
>> netcf-4 land hfd4 library as written on
>> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/getting_and_building_netcdf.html#build_default
>> .
>>
>> I launched an R script where a netCDF archive with weather data should be
>> created but I obtain the following error:
>> ....
>> "Calling R_nc4_create for file
>>
>> /Users/ecor/Documents/workspace_new/activity_misc/RSUBDAILYCLIM/inst/trentino/data"
>> Error in R_nc4_create: NetCDF: Can't add HDF5 file metadata (creation
>> mode was 4096)
>> Error in nc_create(ncpath, nclist, force_v4 = TRUE, verbose = TRUE) :
>> Error in nc_create!
>> In addition: There were 16 warnings (use warnings() to see them)
>>
>> It looks like ncdf4 does not find the netcdf-4 and hdf5 libraries.
>> How can I link these libraries to the R ncdf4 package?
>> Actually I have not found yet any instruction about this on the web.
>>
>> Thank you
>> Regards
>>
>> Emanuele Cordano
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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