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authorScott Wegner <swegner@hdfgroup.org>2008-05-16 18:48:26 (GMT)
committerScott Wegner <swegner@hdfgroup.org>2008-05-16 18:48:26 (GMT)
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[svn-r15022] Purpose: Minor updates to Windows documentation via Kent's recommendations.
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-rw-r--r--release_docs/INSTALL_Cygwin.txt42
-rw-r--r--release_docs/INSTALL_Windows.txt10
2 files changed, 33 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/release_docs/INSTALL_Cygwin.txt b/release_docs/INSTALL_Cygwin.txt
index 6163539..20da44a 100644
--- a/release_docs/INSTALL_Cygwin.txt
+++ b/release_docs/INSTALL_Cygwin.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Preconditions:
gcc-3.4.4 is included in Cygwin, which includes:
gcc : GNU C compiler
gcc-g++: GNU C++ compiler
- gcc-g77: GNU Fortran 77 compiler
2.2 Fortran Compiler HDF5-1.8 Supported
@@ -97,8 +96,17 @@ Install HDF5 on Cygwin
2.3 Bzip'd tar archive (*.tar.bz2)
$ bunzip2 < hdf5-1.8.1.tar.bz2 | tar xf -
+
+2. Setup Environment
+
+ In Cygwin, most compilers and setting are automatically detected during
+ the configure script. However, if you are building Fortran we recommend
+ that you explicitly set the "FC" variable in your environment to use the
+ g95 Fortran compiler. For example, issue the command:
+
+ $ export FC=g95
-3. Configuring
+4. Configuring
Notes: See detailed information in hdf5/release_docs/INSTALL,
part 5. Full installation instructions for source
@@ -112,19 +120,19 @@ Install HDF5 on Cygwin
In short,
- 3.1 To configure HDF5 C Library, using
+ To configure HDF5 C Library, using
$ ./configure
- 3.2 To configure HDF5 C/C++ Library, using
+ To configure HDF5 C/C++ Library, using
$ ./configure --enable-cxx
- 3.3 To configure HDF5 C/Fortran Library, using
+ To configure HDF5 C/Fortran Library, using
$ ./configure --enable-fortran
- 3.4 To configure HDF5 C with Szip library, using
+ To configure HDF5 C with Szip library, using
$ ./configure --with-szlib="path to szlib"
@@ -135,15 +143,15 @@ Install HDF5 on Cygwin
$ ./configure --with-szlib=/cygdrive/c/szip
- 3.5 To configure HDF5 C without Zlib,
+ To configure HDF5 C without Zlib,
To disable zlib, using
$ ./configure --without-zlib
- 3.6 Two ways to configure HDF5 C with specified Zlib
+ Two ways to configure HDF5 C with specified Zlib
- 3.6.1 Using
+ Using
$ ./configure --with-zlib=INCDIR,LIBDIR
@@ -153,7 +161,7 @@ Install HDF5 on Cygwin
$ ./configure --with-zlib=/cygdrive/c/usr/include,/cygdrive/c/usr/lib
- 3.6.2 Through the CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS Variables
+ Through the CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS Variables
For example, if zlib was installed in the directory
/cygdrive/c/usr then using the following command to configure
@@ -163,7 +171,7 @@ Install HDF5 on Cygwin
$ LDFLAGS=-L/cygdrive/c/usr/lib \
$ ./configure
- 3.7 To specify the installation directories, using
+ To specify the installation directories, using
$ ./configure --prefix="path for installation"
@@ -174,7 +182,7 @@ Install HDF5 on Cygwin
the path with the `--prefix=PATH' switch as in the above
command.
- 3.8 Combination of Switches
+ Combination of Switches
All of the above switches can be combined together. For
example, if users want to configure HDF5 C/C++/Fortran
@@ -209,7 +217,7 @@ Install HDF5 on Cygwin
--enable-fortran
<"If no more switches, then hit Enter">
-4. Make and Make Check
+5. Make and Make Check
After configuration is done successfully, run the following series of
commands to build, test and install HDF5
@@ -220,17 +228,17 @@ Install HDF5 on Cygwin
Before run "make install", check output file for "make check", there
should be no failures at all.
-5. Make Install
+6. Make Install
$ make install > "output file name"
-6. Check installed HDF5 library
+7. Check installed HDF5 library
- After step 4, go to your installation directory, there should be
+ After step 6, go to your installation directory, there should be
three subdirectories: "bin" "include" and "lib".
-7. Known Problems
+8. Known Problems
Shared libraries can not be built on Cygwin In release 1.8.
diff --git a/release_docs/INSTALL_Windows.txt b/release_docs/INSTALL_Windows.txt
index 4fc7819..76b0c09 100644
--- a/release_docs/INSTALL_Windows.txt
+++ b/release_docs/INSTALL_Windows.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ Contents:
Preconditions:
- 1. Installed Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
+ 1. Installed Microsoft Visual Studio. This document is written for Visual
+ Studio 2005, although we also support Visual Studio .NET 2003. Most of
+ the instructions are the same, although some features are unsupported in
+ Visual Studio .NET. For simple Visual Studio .NET instructions, see the
+ document INSTALL_Windows_NET.TXT.
2. (Optional) Installed Intel Compiler 9.1 if you want to build HDF5 Fortran
libraries.
@@ -428,7 +432,9 @@ Note: The complete testing suite can take a long time to run on even fast
set HDF5TestExpress=3
- If the variable is unset, it takes on the value 1.
+ If the variable is unset, it takes on the value 1. Note that when
+ HDF5TestExpress is set to 2 or 3, some features may not be thoroughly
+ tested. For most users, we recommend not setting this variable.
We provide 2 options for users to test HDF5 libraries and tools.