[R] install ncdf package

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Dear R users 

 I am attempting to add  lncdf_1.6.tar.gz libraries within R, and have
failed. I have R version 2.8.1, and are running on fedora 10 Kernel Linux
2.6.293.-60.fc10.x86_64.
I've run R CMD INSTALL ncdf_1.6.tar.gz
and I have the following 
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* Installing to library '/usr/lib64/R/library'
* Installing *source* package 'ncdf' ...
checking for gcc... gcc -m64 -std=gnu99
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc -m64 -std=gnu99 accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc -m64 -std=gnu99 option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -m64 -std=gnu99 -E
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking netcdf.h usability... yes
checking netcdf.h presence... yes
checking for netcdf.h... yes
Found netcdf.h in: .
checking for nc_open in -lnetcdf... yes
Found netcdf library file libnetcdf.a in directory .
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating R/load.R
config.status: creating src/Makevars
** libs
gcc -m64 -std=gnu99 -I/usr/include/R -I. -I/usr/local/include    -fpic  -O2
-g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector
--param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic -c ncdf2.c -o ncdf2.o
gcc -m64 -std=gnu99 -I/usr/include/R -I. -I/usr/local/include    -fpic  -O2
-g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector
--param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic -c ncdf3.c -o ncdf3.o
ncdf3.c: In function ‘R_nc_get_vara_charvarid’:
ncdf3.c:221: warning: assignment discards qualifiers from pointer target
type
ncdf3.c: In function ‘R_nc_get_vara_numvarid’:
ncdf3.c:267: warning: assignment discards qualifiers from pointer target
type
ncdf3.c:249: warning: ‘rv_data’ may be used uninitialized in this function
gcc -m64 -std=gnu99 -I/usr/include/R -I. -I/usr/local/include    -fpic  -O2
-g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector
--param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic -c ncdf.c -o ncdf.o
ncdf.c: In function ‘R_nc_get_vara_double’:
ncdf.c:196: warning: format ‘%u’ expects type ‘unsigned int’, but argument 3
has type ‘size_t’
ncdf.c:202: warning: format ‘%u’ expects type ‘unsigned int’, but argument 3
has type ‘size_t’
ncdf.c: In function ‘R_nc_get_vara_int’:
ncdf.c:239: warning: format ‘%u’ expects type ‘unsigned int’, but argument 3
has type ‘size_t’
ncdf.c:245: warning: format ‘%u’ expects type ‘unsigned int’, but argument 3
has type ‘size_t’
ncdf.c: In function ‘R_nc_get_vara_text’:
ncdf.c:296: warning: format ‘%u’ expects type ‘unsigned int’, but argument 3
has type ‘size_t’
ncdf.c:302: warning: format ‘%u’ expects type ‘unsigned int’, but argument 3
has type ‘size_t’
ncdf.c: In function ‘R_nc_ttc_to_nctype’:
ncdf.c:424: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘exit’
ncdf.c:424: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function
‘exit’
ncdf.c: In function ‘R_nc_put_vara_double’:
ncdf.c:582: warning: format ‘%d’ expects type ‘int’, but argument 3 has type
‘size_t’
ncdf.c:585: warning: format ‘%d’ expects type ‘int’, but argument 3 has type
‘size_t’
gcc -m64 -std=gnu99 -shared -L/usr/local/lib64 -o ncdf.so ncdf2.o ncdf3.o
ncdf.o -L. -lnetcdf  -L/usr/lib64/R/lib -lR
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libnetcdf.a(attr.o): relocation R_X86_64_32
against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object;
recompile with -fPIC
/usr/local/lib/libnetcdf.a: could not read symbols: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [ncdf.so] Error 1
chmod: cannot access `/usr/lib64/R/library/ncdf/libs/*': No such file or
directory
ERROR: compilation failed for package 'ncdf'
** Removing '/usr/lib64/R/library/ncdf'
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Any help is strongly appreciated,
thank you in advance
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