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diff --git a/release_docs/INSTALL_VMS.txt b/release_docs/INSTALL_VMS.txt index 5e31db6..97a3880 100644 --- a/release_docs/INSTALL_VMS.txt +++ b/release_docs/INSTALL_VMS.txt @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ Building and installation instructions for Alpha Open VMS - This file is under construction - EIP June 1, 2006 - + HDF5 1.8.0 release + January 2008 @@ -9,83 +8,68 @@ -------- 1. Obtaining HDF5 - 2. Building C, Fortran and C++ libraries - 3. Testing HDF5 libraries and tools - 4. Installing HDF5 libraries - 5. Known problems + 2. Building and testing HDF5 C, Fortran and C++ libraries, + and utilties + 3. Installing HDF5 libraries + 4. Known problems 1.Obtaining HDF5 + Please see INSTALL file in this directory for downloading instructions. - 2. Building C, Fortran and C++ libraries + 2. Building and testing HDF5 C, Fortran and C++ libraries and utilties. - IMPORTANT: This version REQUIRES GNU ZLIB librarary to be installed + 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 hdf5-1.8.0-<pre>.tar - - - Change default directory to [.hdf5-1.8.0-<pre>.vms] - - Modify make.com file to point to the installed ZLIB library. - - Run - @make - command. This command file will build + tar -xvf hdf5-1.8.0.tar + + - Change default directory to [.hdf5-1.8.0.vms] + - 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 to use 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 - C, Fortran and C++ examples - - IMPORTANT: Compilations flags are defined in the [.vms]make.com file of the - source tree. It is set up to use /float=float_ieee qualifier for C, Fortran - and C++ compilersi, and debug mode. If desired, those flags can be removed. - Do NOT REMOVE /define=H5_VMS and /standard=strict_ansi qualifiers. - If you have to use make.com file in a particular directory, make sure that - you modify the compilation flags in this file appropriately. - - If make.com succeeds, the following libraries and utilties will be built: - - [.src]hdf5.olb - [.fortran.src]hdf5_fortran.olb - [.c__.src]hdf5_cplus.olb - [.tools.h5diff]h5diff.exe - [.tools.h5dump]h5dump.exe - [.tools.h5import]h5import.exe - [.tools.h5jam]h5jam.exe - [.tools.h5jam]h5unjam.exe - [.tools.h5ls]h5ls.exe - [.tools.h5repack]h5repack.exe - - 3. Testing HDF5 libraries and tools - You may try to run check.com files in the following directories - - [.test] - [.fortran.test] - [.c__.test] - [.examples] - [.fortran.examples] - [.c__.examples] - - 4. Installing HDF5 libraries - Currently one has to manually copy *.olb, public *.h (all header - files that do not have "private" in file name) iheader files and - Fortran modules files from - [.src], [.fortran.src] and [.c__.src] directories - - 5. Known problems + It also runs test scripts to test C, Fortran and C++ libraries, and + h5dump, h5diff, h5ls, h5repack and h5import utilties. + + 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 - 06/01/2006 EIP - There is no support for szip compression filter. - - There are few C and Fortran tests that fail (C mtime, Fortran file_close and - multifile driver tests, probably more; all major tests succeed). - - Mulitifile driver has not been tested yet. - - Test scripts for some tools are missing; existing tools test scripts - do not compare output with the expected output. - - Probably more :-) + - Fortran multifile driver test fails; similar C test passes. - For help contact hdfhelp@hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu or help@hdfgroup.org + For help contact help@hdfgroup.org |