[netCDF #BMK-872973]: [netcdf-hdf] Can't find or link to the hdf5 library.

Hi Alex,

> I am running on linux 2.6 64bit, and compiling with mpich2, gcc 4.4.
> I installed HDF5-1.8.7, zlib 1.2.5, szip 2.1 and pnetcdf 1.2 and everything 
> was fine in the sense that "make check" didn't produce any error.
> 
> I am now trying to install netcdf 4.1.3 (I also tried netcdf 4.1.2 and 
> hdf5-1.8.6) was I get the following error message during configuration:
> 
> > checking for library containing H5Fflush... no
> > configure: error: Can't find or link to the hdf5 library. Use 
> > --disable-netcdf-4, or see config.log for errors.
> 
> even though I gave the following:
> --with-pnetcdf=/usr/local/pnetcdf-1.2/ --with-hdf5=/usr/local/hdf5-1.8.6 
> --with-zlib=/usr/local/zlib-1.2.5 --with-szlib=/usr/local/szip-2.1
> 
> I also tried:
> > export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/zlib-1.2.5/lib -L/usr/local/szip-2.1/lib 
> > -L/usr/local/netcdf-4.1.2/lib -lnetcdff -lnetcdf 
> > -L/usr/local/hdf5-1.8.6/lib -lhdf5_hl -lhdf5 -L/usr/local/zlib- 1.2.5/lib 
> > -lz -lm -lhdf5_hl -lhdf5 -lz -lm -lsz -L/usr/local/szip-2.1/lib -lsz 
> > -lhdf5_hl -lhdf5 -lz -lm -lsz-L/usr/local/hdf5-1.8.6/lib"
> > export CPPFLAGS="-fPIC -I/usr/local/zlib-1.2.5/include 
> > -I/usr/local/szip-2.1/include -I/usr/local/hdf5-1.8.6/include"
> > export LIBS="-lm -lsz"
> 
> but it does not make any difference...
> Does anybody know how to solve the problem? I am attaching the config.log 
> file.

Yes, the problem is that "--with-hdf5=..." is no longer an acceptable option to 
the
configure script, as of netCDF version 4.1.3.  Instead you must specify the 
directories
for include and library files using the environment variables LDFLAGS and 
CPPFLAGS, as in:

  LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/hdf5-1.8.6/lib CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/hdf5-1.8.6/include 
./configure ...

The value of LDFLAGS should not include the "-lhdf5_hl -lhdf5".

The reason for this change was explained here:

  
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing_lists/archives/netcdfgroup/2011/msg00264.html

--Russ

Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
address@hidden                      http://www.unidata.ucar.edu



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: BMK-872973
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed