| --prefix=/location | Specify a location to install netCDF libraries. Default is /usr/local. You must have write permissions here to successfully run make install. |
| --enable-shared | Will (attempt to) build shared libraries on your system. |
| --disable-cxx, --disable-f77, --disable-f90, --disable-examples --disable-utilities | Turn off building of the C++ API, F77 API, F90 API, example programs, and ncgen/ncdump utilites. |
| --enable-netcdf-4 | Builds netCDF so that netCDF-4/HDF5 files may be produced. NetCDF-4/HDF5 files are necessary to use any of the new features of netCDF-4, including compression, parallel I/O, and the enhanced data model. Without this option (that is, bu default) you do not get the netCDF-4/HDF5 features. |
| --with-hdf5=/location | Specify the location of the HDF5 library. You must have HDF5-1.8.1 and zlib-1.2.3 (or 1.2.4). If they are not both in the same location, use the --with-zlib option as well. |
| --enable-large-file-tests | Turn on tests for very large files (> 2 GB). |
| --with-temp-large=/location | Specify a location for the large files. (Note that fortran large file test is still run in the build directory.) |
| --enable-parallel-tests | Will attempt to run parallel I/O tests with mpiexec. |