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-====== Building HDF4 and HDF5 ======+====== Building NetCDF, HDF4 and HDF5 on Windows ======
  
-===== HDF4 =====+There are binaries available, and they're probably fine, but the headers are not, because HDF4 / HDF5 install different headers depending on which compiler they were built with (which in itself is a bug).  Luckily, building them from source is fairly easy.
  
-TBD+Yeah, right.  Actually, [[windows:building:hdf4|HDF4]] is a nightmare, so we've left it out. 
 + 
 +===== NetCDF ===== 
 + 
 +First, get the latest source (currently 4.0.1) from http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/ and extract it in a convenient place, then configure, build and install: 
 + 
 +  $ LDFLAGS=-L/c/met.no/lib CPPFLAGS=-I/c/met.no/include ./configure --prefix=/c/met.no --disable-f90 --disable-examples 
 +  $ make all install 
 +  $ cp COPYRIGHT /c/met.no/copyright/netcdf.txt 
 + 
 +<del>Note the ''%%--enable-shared%%'' part; you can leave out ''%%--disable-f90%%'' and ''%%--disable-examples%%'' if you want, but keep ''%%--enable-shared%%''.</del>
  
 ===== HDF5 ===== ===== HDF5 =====
  
-There are binaries available, and they're probably finebut the headers are not, because HDF5 installs different headers depending on which compiler it was built with (which in itself is a bug).  Luckilybuilding HDF5 from source is fairly easy.+Firstget the latest source (currently 1.8.3) from http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/release/obtain5.html and extract it in a convenient place. 
 + 
 +In HDF5 1.8.3there are several issues we need to address before we can build the library. 
 + 
 +//note: the first two issues have been reported to the HDF Group and will be fixed in the next release.// 
 + 
 +The first is a bug in ''perform/sio_engine.c'': on line 376, replace ''mkdir'' with ''HDmkdir''
 + 
 +The second is that the test scripts use Winsock (''ws2_32.lib''), but don't link against it.  This can be fixed by running the following commands before ''configure'': 
 + 
 +  $ echo 'libh5test_la_LIBADD=-lws2_32' >>test/Makefile.am 
 + 
 +The third is that several HDF5 libraries have dependency on ''libhdf5'', but libtool isn't told about this.  This can be fixed in the same manner as the ''ws2_32'' issue: 
 + 
 +  $ echo 'libhdf5_cpp_la_LIBADD=$(LIBHDF5)' >>c++/src/Makefile.am 
 +  $ echo 'libhdf5_hl_la_LIBADD=$(LIBHDF5)' >>hl/src/Makefile.am 
 +  $ echo 'libhdf5_hl_cpp_la_LIBADD=$(LIBH5_HL)' >>hl/c++/src/Makefile.am 
 + 
 +Finally, HDF5's ''configure.in'' uses the ''LT_INIT'' macro, which only works with very recent versions of automake.  Edit ''configure.in'' and replace these two lines: 
 + 
 +  LT_PREREQ([2.2]) 
 +  LT_INIT([dlopen]) 
 + 
 +with this: 
 + 
 +  AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN 
 +  AM_PROG_LIBTOOL 
 + 
 +**XXX** alternative: use more recent [[windows:building:autotools|autotools]] versions, but this has repercussions for all other components
  
-First, get the latest source from http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/release/obtain5.html and extract it in a convenient place.  Next, run ''configure'', and make sure to enable C++ support:+Now we need to regenerate everything:
  
-  $ ./configure --prefix=/opt/hdf5 --enable-cxx+  $ aclocal 
 +  $ libtoolize --copy --force 
 +  $ autoheader 
 +  $ automake --add-missing --copy --foreign 
 +  $ autoconf
  
-**Revisit later in re thread safety**+The fourth and final issue is that C++ support is not enabled by default.  To enable it, add ''--enable-cxx'' to the ''configure'' command line.
  
-Finally, build and install:+Finally:
  
-  $ make install+  $ LDFLAGS=-L/c/met.no/lib CPPFLAGS=-I/c/met.no/include ./configure --prefix=/c/met.no --enable-cxx 
 +  $ make all install 
 +  $ cp COPYING /c/met.no/copyright/hdf5.txt
  
 +**TODO** fix large file support!
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