export MAKE=/usr/bin/gnumake   # gnumake supports "include" syntax in makefiles

export CC=/usr/bin/gcc
export CPPFLAGS="-O -DNDEBUG -DpgiFortran"
export CFLAGS="-O"
export CXX=/usr/bin/c++
export CXXFLAGS="-O"

export FC=ifort
export F77=ifort
export F90=ifort
export FFLAGS="-O3"
export F90FLAGS=


./configure --prefix=/usr/local/netcdf
make
make test
sudo mkdir /usr/local/netcdf
sudo make install

..works! ..