Installing HDF5

Procedure

1. Download the HDF5 source package.

   https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases/hdf5-1.8/hdf5-1.8.20/src/hdf5-1.8.20.tar.gz

2. Upload the source package to its installation directory on the server, for example, /path/to/download/hdf5.
3. Go to the source package directory.

   cd /path/to/download/hdf5

4. Decompress the installation package.

   tar -zxvf hdf5-1.8.20.tar.gz

5. Switch to the directory of the configure script.

   cd hdf5-1.8.20

6. Install HDF5.

   ./configure --prefix=/path/to/install/HDF5 --build=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu --enable-fortran --enable-static=yes --enable-parallel --enable-shared  CC=mpicc CXX=mpicxx FC=mpifort F77=mpifort CFLAGS=-fPIC CXXFLAGS=-fPIC FCFLAGS=-fPIC

7. Modify the libtool file in the current directory.

   vi libtool

   In line 10118, change wl="" to wl="-Wl,".

   In line 10267, change wl="" to wl="-Wl,".

   The line numbers may vary according to each HDF5 version. Search for wl="" to determine the line numbers.

8. Perform the compilation and installation.

   make -j 16
   make install

9. Set the environment variables.

   export PATH=/path/to/install/HDF5/bin:$PATH
   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/install/HDF5/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH