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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.