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There a couple of problems. 1. add --enable-hl when building HDF5 2. set prefix to the directory in which you want hdf5 installed. A good choice would be --prefix=/usr/local The directory /home/ed/local was just an example and not be used literally. So your command should probably look like this: ./configure --with-zlib=/usr/local --prefix=/usr/local --enable-hl --disable-shared =Dennis Heimbigner Unidata Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: RBK-667595 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Open =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.