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* HDF5 Build and Install Instructions for Windows XP/VISTA *
* (Full Version) *
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The following instructions assume that the HDF5 source code package from
HDF website (http://hdfgroup.org) is used.
Warnings:
Please read CAREFULLY about the following preconditions and notes first.
Contents:
Section : Preconditions and Notes
Section I : What do we build and install
Section II : How to build and test HDF5 libraries and tools
Section III : How to build examples (optional)
Section IV : How to build an application using the HDF5 library or DLL
Section V : How to disable Gzip(Zlib)/Szip compression
Section VI : How to build HDF5 with Fortran Support
Section VII : How to build Multi-threaded version of HDF5 library
Section VIII : How to build HDF5 with Thread-Safe Feature
Section IX : How to build HDF5 for 64-bit Windows
Section X : How to build HDF5 on Windows Vista
Section XI : How to build HDF5 using Visual Studio 2008
Section XII : Backwards Compatibility with HDF5 1.6
Section XIII : Misc.
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Preconditions and Notes
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Preconditions:
1. Installed Microsoft Visual Studio. This document is written for Visual
Studio 2008. We no longer support building HDF5 using Microsoft Visual
Studio .NET 2003 or 2005. Express Editions may work with the project files
but not from the command line. We do not support the Express Editions.
2. (Optional) Installed Intel Compiler 10.1 or 11.1 if you want to build HDF5
Fortran libraries. We no longer support Intel Fortran Compiler 9.1.
3. Install Winzip or 7-zip for extracting source tarball.
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.
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