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Peter, > I have tried to install zlib and hdf5 but get errors during the make check of > HDF5. > I have summarised my steps and have copy the log files to the bottom of this > email > > Would you be able to have a look and let me know what the problem is, please. I don't see a problem. When you ran "make check" for hdf5, there were no failed tests and the line all tests were successful appears (twice) in the output. > Our system is Centos 6.6, with Fortran Compiler and C Compiler installed. > > To access these I loaded a module environment file. > > Steps taken > > I have download and installed zlib.1.2.8 > Configured using the following commands > > ./configure –prefix=home/mse_sw/zlib.1.2.8 > make check > make install > > this seems to have installed well. > > I then tried to install hdf5 using the following commands to configure > > ./configure --prefix=/home/mse_sw/hdf5 --enable-fortran --enable-cxx > --with-zlib=/home/mse_sw/zlib.1.2.8/ >> compile.txt (SEE BELOW) Although it doesn't cause any problems, you didn't need to include --enable-fortran or --enable-cxx for the netCDF-C library (or for later build of the netCDF-Fortran library). Neither the HDF5 Fortran or C++ libraries are used by netCDF. > This seems to go well but I get loads of warnings similar to this: > > plugin.c:303: warning: will never be executed > plugin.c:303: warning: will never be executed > plugin.c:303: warning: will never be executed > plugin.c:303: warning: will never be executed > plugin.c:305: warning: will never be executed > plugin.c:305: warning: will never be executed > plugin.c:305: warning: will never be executed > plugin.c:305: warning: will never be executed > plugin.c:305: warning: will never be executed > plugin.c:307: warning: will never be executed > plugin.c:307: warning: will never be executed > plugin.c:307: warning: will never be executed > plugin.c:307: warning: will never be executed > plugin.c:307: warning: will never be executed Those are merely warnings, not errors, and can be ignored when you're building HDF5. > Then when I try to do a make check, once again this all seems to go wrong - > see make _check.txt (SEE BELOW) > > I would be really grateful if you could advise me what is wrong and if I have > missed any vital steps. > > I haven’t set any environment variables for flags such as CC , FC etc I see no indications of any errors in building HDF5. You should now be able to install it just by running "make install". --Russ Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: QFD-237189 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed