Installing HDF5

Procedure

Use PuTTY to log in to the server as the root user.
Create an HDF5 installation directory, for example, /path/to/HDF5.
```
mkdir -p /path/to/HDF5
```
Go to the HDF5 installation directory.
```
cd /path/to/HDF5
```

Obtain the HDF5 installation package.

wget https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases/hdf5-1.10/hdf5-1.10.5/src/hdf5-	1.10.5.tar.gz --no-check-certificate

Decompress the HDF5 installation package.
```
tar -zxvf hdf5-1.10.5.tar.gz
```
Go to the directory generated after the decompression.
```
cd hdf5-1.10.5
```

Perform the configuration.

./configure --prefix=/path/to/HDF5 --build=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu --enable-fortran --enable-static=yes --enable-shared CC=gcc CXX=g++ FC=gfortran F77=gfortran CFLAGS=-fPIC

Perform the compilation and installation.
```
make -j
```
```
make install
```
Verify the installation.
```
ls /path/to/HDF5/lib
ls /path/to/HDF5/bin
```
If the following information is displayed, the installation is successful:

Load the environment variables.

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

Parent topic: Configuring the Compilation Environment