Installing HDF5

Procedure

1. Use PuTTY to log in to the server as the root user.
2. Run the following commands to load the compiler and Open MPI:

   export PATH=/path/to/GNU/bin:/path/to/OPENMPI/bin:$PATH
   export  LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/GNU/lib64:/path/to/OPENMPI/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

3. Run the following command to decompress the HDF5 installation package:

   tar zxvf hdf5-1.10.5.tar.gz

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

   cd hdf5-1.10.1

5. Run the following commands to perform configuration:

   export MPICC=mpicc
   export MPICXX=mpicxx
   export MPIFC=mpifort
   ./configure --prefix=$HDF5 --enable-fortran --enable-static=yes --enable-parallel --enable-shared CC=$MPICC CXX=$MPICXX FC=$MPIFC F77=$MPIFC

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

   make -j 16
   make install

7. Run the following commands to load environment variables:

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