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$ INSTALL="$PWD/bin/install-sh -c" ./configure ...
$ make install
+ If you want to install HDF5 in a location other than the location
+ specified by the `--prefix=DIR' flag during configuration (or
+ instead of the default location, `/usr/local'), you can do that
+ by issuing the command:
+
+ $ make install prefix=NEW_DIR
+
+ where NEW_DIR is the new directory you wish to install HDF5.
+
The library can be used without installing it by pointing the
compiler at the `src' directory for both include files and
libraries. However, the minimum which must be installed to make