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diff --git a/release_docs/INSTALL_Windows.txt b/release_docs/INSTALL_Windows.txt index 1b1906c..f851cf4 100644 --- a/release_docs/INSTALL_Windows.txt +++ b/release_docs/INSTALL_Windows.txt @@ -33,12 +33,17 @@ Contents: Preconditions: - 1. Installed Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 or Intel Compiler and WinZip. + 1. Installed Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 or Intel Compiler and 7zip or WinZip. 1.1 Installed Intel Compiler 9.1 if you want to build HDF5 Fortran libraries. - Note: By default, WinZip will convert the Unix end of line format + Note: 1. 7zip is an open-source alternative to WinZip. Some of the + advanced functionality is disabled in WinZip unless you buy the + software. With 7zip, most of this functionality is included for + free. + + 2. By default, WinZip will convert the Unix end of line format when extracting .tar file. This conversion will cause "false" failure in some HDF5 tools testings. @@ -58,7 +63,7 @@ Preconditions: c:\ (any drive) MyHDFstuff\ (any folder name) - 3. Download the hdf5-1.8.x source code package and use WinZip to + 3. Download the hdf5-1.8.x source code package and use 7zip or WinZip to extract the HDF5 package into c:\MyHDFstuff. This creates a directory called 'hdf5-1.8.x' under MyHDFstuff which contains several files and directories. Rename "hdf5-1.8.x" to "hdf5". |