Please run "test_snctools.m". These produce a lot of very verbose output. Don't be fooled by any of it, if any tests fail, you will know. In order to test OPeNDAP or THREDDS_INFO, you should set this preference. >> setpref('SNCTOOLS','TEST_REMOTE',true); If you wish to test reading netCDF files via HTTP (not the same as OPeNDAP), then in addition to USE_JAVA and TEST_REMOTE, you must set another preference. >> setpref('SNCTOOLS','TEST_HTTP',true); GRIB2 support is still a bit experimental, so these tests are not enabled by default. To run them, set the following preference >> setpref('SNCTOOLS','TEST_GRIB2',true); Conversely, you can disable these tests by setting the preferences to false.