We recommend that you use the OPeNDAP Home page to obtain the most current version of the software. The "Software" page includes a form for selecting OPeNDAP components. Completing the form automatically creates a custom compressed archive of all the software components you selected, which you can then download to your own machine.
Whenever possible, you should use the provided binary software rather than trying to compile and link OPeNDAP yourself. Compiling will work, but the OPeNDAP software is large, and it takes a long time to compile.
Don't forget to select the core software as well as the specific data
access API or server you need. For an OPeNDAP client, you will also need
Tcl/Tk and gzip.
The OPeNDAP software may be down-loaded by anonymous ftp from
the OPeNDAP ftp site.
Don't forget to down-load the core software tar file as well as
the tar file corresponding to whatever data access API you need.
The OPeNDAP project provides a small number of archive files containing linked libraries and executables for some computing platforms. You should use these files whenever possible, to avoid the hassle of compiling the software yourself. The OPeNDAP software is a substantial chunk of code, and it takes a long time to compile and link.