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@@ -86,6 +86,18 @@ Step 2. Configure. Debugging.html file. To disable tracing support add `--disable-trace' to the configure command. + * Configure will look for the GNU zlib (a compression library) in + the standard places for your environment. If it's installed in + a non-standard place then absolute path names can be specified + with `--with-zlib=INCDIR,LIBDIR' for the include file and/or + library. To prevent detection of zlib use `--without-zlib'. + + * The HDF5-to-HDF4 conversion tool requires the HDF4 library and + header files which are auto-detected by configure. If they are + in a non-standard place then absolute path names can be specified + with `--with-hdf4=INCDIR,LIBDIR' for the include file and/or + library. To prevent detection of hdf4 use `--without-hdf4'. + * Old versions of gcc (<2.8.0) may experience register allocation problems on some architectures. If this happens then the `--disable-hsizet' can be given but the resulting library will @@ -169,10 +181,11 @@ Step 5. Install public files. ./tools/libh5tools.a Some tools: - ./tools/h5ls - ./tools/h5repart - ./tools/h5dump - ./tools/h5debug + ./tools/h5ls (list file contents) + ./tools/h5dump (dump file contents) + ./tools/h5repart (repartition file families) + ./tools/h5toh4 (hdf5 to hdf4 file converter) + ./tools/h5debug (low-level file debugging) ./tools/h5import (a demo) Step 6. Subscribe to mailing lists. |