hdf5/release_docs/INSTALL_VMS.txt
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Building and installation instructions for Alpha Open VMS
HDF5 1.8.0 release
February 12, 2008
CONTENTS
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1. Obtaining HDF5
2. Building and testing HDF5 C, Fortran and C++ libraries,
and utilities
3. Installing HDF5 libraries
4. Known problems
1.Obtaining HDF5
Please see INSTALL file in this directory for downloading instructions.
2. Building and testing HDF5 C, Fortran and C++ libraries and utilities.
IMPORTANT: This version REQUIRES GNU ZLIB library to be installed
on a system. You may download the source code from
http://www.zlib.net/
- Use tar command to untar HDF5 source ball
tar -xvf <source>.tar
- Change default directory to [.<source>.vms]
- Specify top HDF5 source directory in the build.com file
- Edit make.com:
specify path to ZLIB library
if necessary, modify compilation flags
Do NOT REMOVE /define=H5_VMS and /standard=strict_ansi qualifiers.
- Run build.com command file
@build
We recommend using batch queue to build and test this distribution.
The command file runs make.com and builds
C library, tests, and utilities
Fortran library and tests
C++ library and tests
It also runs test scripts to test C, Fortran and C++ libraries, and
h5dump, h5diff, h5ls, h5repack and h5import utilities.
3. Installing HDF5 libraries
Modify install.com file to specify installation directory and run
@install
to install HDF5 C, Fortran, and C++ libraries, and utilities.
The script will create the directories shown below in the
installation directory:
[.HDF5]...
[.HDF5.INCLUDE]
[.HDF5.LIB]
[.HDF5.BIN]
[.HDF5.EXAMPLES]
[.HDF5.EXAMPLES.C]
[.HDF5.EXAMPLES.F90]
[.HDF5.EXAMPLES.CXX]
[.HDF5.EXAMPLES.*] directories contain make.com and check.com files
to build examples against the installed libraries and to verify
the installation.
3. Known problems
- dsets test fails for test_scleoffset_double and
test_scleoffset_double_2 tests when G_FLOAT double is used
- There is no support for szip compression filter.
- Fortran multifile driver test fails; similar C test passes.
For help contact help@hdfgroup.org