Installing HDF5

Procedure

1. Use PuTTY to log in to the server as the root user.
2. Create an HDF5 installation directory, for example, /path/to/HDF5.

   mkdir -p /path/to/HDF5

3. Go to the HDF5 installation directory.

   cd /path/to/HDF5

4. 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

5. Decompress the HDF5 installation package.

   tar -zxvf hdf5-1.10.5.tar.gz

6. Go to the directory generated after the decompression.

   cd hdf5-1.10.5

7. 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

   

8. Perform the compilation and installation.

   make -j

   

   make install

   

9. Verify the installation.

   ls /path/to/HDF5/lib
   ls /path/to/HDF5/bin

   If the following information is displayed, the installation is successful:

   

10. Load the environment variables.

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