Installing HDF5

Procedure

1. Use PuTTY to log in to the server as the root user.
2. Decompress the HDF5 installation package.

   tar -xvf hdf5-1.10.5.tar.gz

3. Go to the directory generated after the decompression.

   cd hdf5-1.10.5

4. Perform the configuration.

   ./configure --prefix=/path/to/HDF5 --build=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu --enable-fortran --enable-static=yes --enable-parallel --enable-shared CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC -Wno-incompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers -Wno-non-literal-null-conversion" FCFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" LDFLAGS="-Wl,--build-id" --enable-fortran --enable-parallel CC=mpicc FC=mpif90 CXX=mpicxx

5. Modify the libtool file in the current directory.
   1. Open the libtool file.

      vi libtool

   2. Press i to enter the edit mode and modify line 11835 in the libtool file.

      wl='-Wl,'

      

      After performing 5.a, press Esc, type :set nu, and press Enter to display the line number.

   3. Press Esc, type :wq!, and press Enter to save the file and exit.
6. Perform the compilation and installation.

   make
   make install

7. Set the HDF5 environment variables.

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