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authorlrknox <lrknox>2018-06-03 04:00:26 (GMT)
committerlrknox <lrknox>2018-06-03 04:00:26 (GMT)
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Installation instructions for Parallel HDF5
-------------------------------------------
+0. Use Build Scripts
+--------------------
+The HDF Group is accumulating build scripts to handle building parallel HDF5
+on various platforms (Cray, IBM, SGI, etc...). These scripts are being
+maintained and updated continuously for current and future systems. The reader
+is strongly encouraged to consult the repository at,
+
+https://github.com/HDFGroup/build_hdf5
+
+for building parallel HDF5 on these system. All contributions, additions
+and fixes to the repository are welcomed and encouraged.
+
1. Overview
-----------
@@ -28,9 +40,11 @@ and the parallel file system.
1.2. Further Help
-----------------
-If you still have difficulties installing PHDF5 in your system, please send
-mail to
- help@hdfgroup.org
+
+For help with installing, questions can be posted to the HDF Forum or sent to the HDF Helpdesk:
+
+ HDF Forum: https://forum.hdfgroup.org/
+ HDF Helpdesk: https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/support/The+HDF+Help+Desk
In your mail, please include the output of "uname -a". If you have run the
"configure" command, attach the output of the command and the content of
@@ -75,12 +89,8 @@ The following steps are for building HDF5 for the Hopper compute
nodes. They would probably work for other Cray systems but have
not been verified.
-Obtain a copy from the HDF ftp server:
-http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/current/src/
-(link might change, so always double check the HDF group website).
-
-$ wget http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/current/src/hdf5-x.x.x.tar.gz
-unpack the tarball
+Obtain the HDF5 source code:
+ https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/support/Downloads
The entire build process should be done on a MOM node in an interactive allocation and on a file system accessible by all compute nodes.
Request an interactive allocation with qsub: