ESMF installation error "error: no match for ‘operator==’ "

Question

I need to install ESMF-5.2.0rp3 version. I have downloaded it from https://github.com/esmf-org/esmf/releases/tag/ESMF_5_2_0rp3. Also I installed the following prerequisites: Fortran95, GCC & C++ 7.5.0, netcdf-bin, libnetcdf-dev, libnetcdff-dev, Open MPI 3.1.1, LAPACK 3.9.0, Perl v5.26.1 and GNU Make 4.1.

Building of ESMF using make all failing and shows the following error in terminal

/home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3/src/Superstructure/WebServices/src/ESMCI_WebServNetEsmfServer.C:1798:31: error: no match for ‘operator==’ (operand types are ‘std::fstream {aka std::basic_fstream<char>}’ and ‘long int’)
  if ((fin == NULL)  ||  (fout == NULL))
                               ^

The output of make all is large so I can't paste it here. Finally the building interrupted by showing the following last lines

/usr/include/c++/7/bits/stl_iterator.h:302:5: note:   template argument deduction/substitution failed:
In file included from /usr/include/rpc/netdb.h:42:0,
                 from /usr/include/netdb.h:32,
                 from /home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3/src/Superstructure/WebServices/src/ESMCI_WebServNetEsmfServer.C:31:
/home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3/src/Superstructure/WebServices/src/ESMCI_WebServNetEsmfServer.C:1798:34: note:   ‘std::fstream {aka std::basic_fstream<char>}’ is not derived from ‘const std::reverse_iterator<_Iterator>’
  if ((fin == NULL)  ||  (fout == NULL))
                                  ^
In file included from /usr/include/c++/7/bits/stl_algobase.h:64:0,
                 from /usr/include/c++/7/bits/char_traits.h:39,
                 from /usr/include/c++/7/string:40,
                 from /home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3/src/include/ESMCI_Util.h:25,
                 from /home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3/src/include/ESMCI_LogErr.h:34,
                 from /home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3/src/include/ESMCI_Comp.h:33,
                 from /home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3/src/Superstructure/WebServices/src/../include/ESMCI_WebServNetEsmfServer.h:23,
                 from /home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3/src/Superstructure/WebServices/src/ESMCI_WebServNetEsmfServer.C:28:
/usr/include/c++/7/bits/stl_pair.h:448:5: note: candidate: template<class _T1, class _T2> constexpr bool std::operator==(const std::pair<_T1, _T2>&, const std::pair<_T1, _T2>&)
     operator==(const pair<_T1, _T2>& __x, const pair<_T1, _T2>& __y)
     ^~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/7/bits/stl_pair.h:448:5: note:   template argument deduction/substitution failed:
In file included from /usr/include/rpc/netdb.h:42:0,
                 from /usr/include/netdb.h:32,
                 from /home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3/src/Superstructure/WebServices/src/ESMCI_WebServNetEsmfServer.C:31:
/home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3/src/Superstructure/WebServices/src/ESMCI_WebServNetEsmfServer.C:1798:34: note:   ‘std::fstream {aka std::basic_fstream<char>}’ is not derived from ‘const std::pair<_T1, _T2>’
  if ((fin == NULL)  ||  (fout == NULL))
                                  ^
/home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3/build/common.mk:2994: recipe for target '/home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3/obj/objO/Linux.gfortran.64.openmpi.default/ESMCI_WebServNetEsmfServer.o' failed
make[8]: *** [/home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3/obj/objO/Linux.gfortran.64.openmpi.default/ESMCI_WebServNetEsmfServer.o] Error 1
make[8]: Leaving directory '/home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3/mod/modO/Linux.gfortran.64.openmpi.default'
/home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3/build/common.mk:1528: recipe for target 'esmflib' failed
make[7]: *** [esmflib] Error 2
make[7]: Leaving directory '/home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3/mod/modO/Linux.gfortran.64.openmpi.default'
/home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3/build/common.mk:1524: recipe for target 'tree_lib' failed
make[6]: *** [tree_lib] Error 2
make[6]: Leaving directory '/home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3/src/Superstructure/WebServices/src'
/home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3/build/common.mk:2922: recipe for target 'tree' failed
make[5]: *** [tree] Error 1
make[5]: Leaving directory '/home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3/src/Superstructure/WebServices'
/home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3/build/common.mk:2922: recipe for target 'tree' failed
make[4]: *** [tree] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3/src/Superstructure'
/home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3/build/common.mk:2922: recipe for target 'tree' failed
make[3]: *** [tree] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3/src'
/home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3/build/common.mk:2922: recipe for target 'tree' failed
make[2]: *** [tree] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3'
/home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3/build/common.mk:1501: recipe for target 'build_libs' failed
make[1]: *** [build_libs] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3'
/home/user/esmf-ESMF_5_2_0rp3/build/common.mk:1494: recipe for target 'lib' failed
make: *** [lib] Error 2

Where is my mistake? Am I missing anything in the building procedure? I have also tried to install ESMF using GCC&G++-8.1.0, but the same error came up. If somebody reccomend a solution for this problem it will be a great help. Thanks in advance.