libtool: error: cannot find the library https://dlt-acc.firelay.cloud/c/message_boards/find_thread?p_l_id=3231581&threadId=3403892 2026-05-15T15:07:51Z 2026-05-15T15:07:51Z Nicholas Herold https://dlt-acc.firelay.cloud/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=3231581&messageId=3404184 2018-03-17T07:07:03Z 2018-03-17T07:07:03Z

I resolved this issue. Turns out - for whatever reason - I had libraries built that point to the non-existent location /home/heroldn/Programs/ncdfbin/lib/libnetcdf.la. Once I reinstalled netcdf and netcdf-fortran it compiled fine.

Nicholas Herold 2018-03-17T07:07:03Z Nicholas Herold https://dlt-acc.firelay.cloud/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=3231581&messageId=3403891 2018-03-10T05:41:51Z 2018-03-10T05:41:51Z

Hi, I&#39;m trying to install Delft3D on Mint 18.1 (a branch of Ubuntu 16.04) using the build_ubuntu1604.sh file.<br /><br />I&#39;m running into the following error:<br /><em>libtool: error: cannot find the library &#39;/home/heroldn/Programs/ncdfbin/lib/libnetcdf.la&#39; or unhandled argument &#39;/home/heroldn/Programs/ncdfbin/lib/libnetcdf.la&#39;<br /></em><br /><br />The error is clear but I have installed my netcdf libraries into /home/heroldn/Programs/netcdf-4.4.1-install/lib and have adjusted LD_LIBRARY_PATH accordingly. Does anyone know why libtool would still be looking in the above directory for that library file?<br /><br />I&#39;ve also tried setting the LDFLAGS and LDFLAGSMT_ADDITIONAL variables without success.<br /><br />Any help would be appreciated.<br /><br />Nick.

Nicholas Herold 2018-03-10T05:41:51Z