This information can also be found on the Obtaining the Latest HDF5 Software page, which can be accessed from the HDF5 Home page, http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/, in the table on the left, under "Obtain Latest".

External Software

The following libraries are used by HDF5, but are not part of HDF5. The HDF5 source code does not come with the source code for these libraries.

  External Libraries used by HDF5
SZIP Compression* Information Source Code Pre-Compiled Binaries
ZLIB Compression Information Source Code [ 1.1.4 ] [ 1.2 ] Pre-Compiled Binaries [ 1.1.4 ] [ 1.2 ]

* The SZIP Encoder is ENABLED in these binaries. This version allows a user to create, write, and read HDF5 datasets with SZIP compression. Please review the SZIP licensing information.

HDF5 Software

    FTP Server Location of HDF5 Software: ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF/HDF5/current/

      The locations in the table below are relative to the HDF5 Software location shown above.
     

  HDF5-1.6.4 Software
Platform
Source Code
Binary Distribution*
Binary Utilities (only)
    All Platforms src/
 
 
AIX 5.1
Compilers: xlc, xlf, xlC
 
bin/aix/ bin/aix/utilities/
AMD Opteron (Linux SuSE x86 -64)
Compilers: gcc 3.3.1, PGI
 
bin/amd/
 
FreeBSD 4.11
Compilers: gcc, g++ (2.95.4)
 
bin/freebsd/
 
HP-UX 11.00
Compilers: HP's cc, f90, aCC
 
bin/hpux/ bin/hpux/utilities/
SGI Altix (Linux 2.4.21)
 
bin/altix/  
SGI IRIX64 (-64, -n32)
Compilers: cc, f90, CC
 
bin/irix64/ bin/irix64/utilities/
Linux 2.4
Compilers: gcc 3.3.2, PGI
 
bin/linux/ bin/linux/utilities/
Mac OS X
Compilers: gcc 3.3.2, xlf
  bin/macosx/ bin/macosx/utilities/
OSF1 5.1 (Compaq Tru64)
 
bin/osf1/ bin/osf1/utilities/
Solaris 2.8
Compilers: Sun's cc, f90, CC
 
bin/solaris/ bin/solaris/utilities/
T90 IEEE 10.0.01md (Cray)
Compilers: cc, f90
src/patches/ **   bin/t90ieee/
 
Windows
Compilers: MSVC++ 6.0, .NET 2003
  bin/windows/ (*Information*) bin/windows/utilities/

*   The Binary Distribution includes the libraries, include files, pre-compiled binary utilities, and release notes. They were built with the SZIP Encoder and Decoder Enabled (Refer to SZIP Compression listed under External Libraries, above, for details on what this means).

** For Cray SV1, T3E, and T90IEEE you must download the HDF5 source code AND the Cray Fortran patch.

    Previous Releases ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF/HDF5/prev-releases/

Last Modified: March 22, 2005
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