HDF Library Installation

HDF4 is compiled using the ​GCC compiler suite, but HDF5 requires the Intel compilers. AstroBEAR was developed using version 9.0 of the Intel compiler suite, but anyone using a different version should change the references to Intel 9.0 compilers to the correct version.

Installing the HDF4 Libraries

The following script can be used to download and install the HDF4 libraries. Note that make install must be run with root privileges.

wget ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF/HDF/HDF_Current/src/HDF4.2r1.tar.gz
tar -xzvf HDF4.2r1.tar.gz
cd HDF4.2r1
export LDFLAGS=-lm # The HDF4 package needs help finding math library
./configure -enable-fortran -prefix=/usr/local/hdf
make
make install

Installing the HDF5 Libraries

The following script can be used to download and install the HDF5 libraries. Note that make install must be run with root privileges.

export FC=ifort;export F77=ifort;export F9X=ifort
export CXX=icpc;export CXXCPP="icpc -E"
export CC=icc;export CPP="icc -E"
wget ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/current/src/hdf5-1.8.2.tar.gz
tar -xzvf hdf5-1.8.2.tar.gz
cd hdf5-1.8.2
CFLAGS=-fPIC ./configure -prefix=/usr/local/hdf5 --enable-fortran
make
make install