HDF5
From charlesreid1
Installing
Configuring
I am using the HDF5 libraries for various software tools available through the CRSim Software repository http://software.crsim.utah.edu/ - specifically, C++ programs using the C++ interface to HDF5 - necessitating the --enable-cxx configure argument:
./configure \
--prefix=/path/to/hdf5 \
--enable-cxx
You can optionally use the configure arguments --enable-static-exe --enable-static, though in my experience these aren't necessary to build (and link to) HDF5.
Errors
You may run into problems during make check, something looking like this:
Testing hard normalized long double -> signed char conversions Command terminated by signal 11 0.31user 0.04system 0:01.64elapsed 21%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 19936maxresident)k 824inputs+360outputs (6major+14996minor)pagefaults 0swaps make[4]: *** [dt_arith.chkexe_] Error 1
The solution, as mentioned here http://kartadikaria.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/how-to-install-hdf5-macintosh-lion/, is to modify the configure flags for GNU compilers (the one used on Mac, if you're using gcc). Change the PROD_CFLAG for gcc compilers version 4 and up to use -O0 instead of the default -O3.