Installing HDF5

Procedure

1. Use PuTTY to log in to the server as the root user.
2. Run the following command to decompress the HDF5 installation package:

   tar -xvf hdf5-1.10.5.tar.gz

3. Run the following command to switch to the directory generated after decompression:

   cd hdf5-1.10.5

4. Run the following command to perform the configuration:

   ./configure --prefix=/path/to/HDF5 --enable-fortran --enable-parallel CC=mpicc FC=mpif90 CXX=mpicxx

5. Run the following commands to perform compilation and installation:

   make -j
   make install

6. Run the following commands to set the HDF5 environment variables:

   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/HDF5/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
   export HDF5=/path/to/HDF5