[gdal-dev] HDF-Problems when compiling

[Andreas H.]

> I can see that it is trying to link to /usr/local/lib/libmfhdf.a
> instead of your specified /hb/USER/lib/epd-7.1-1-x86_64, and something
> similar for hdf5
> 
> Sometimes it's easier to use the default system libraries, or remove
> them if you are using more recent ones  avoid conflicts like these.
> 
> Have a look at config.log to see what is happening.
> You might also have something bad in you LD_LIBRARY_PATH configuration,
> try:
> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/hb/USER/lib/epd-7.1-1-x86_64"

Etienne,

thanks for your helping message! I solved the problem by appending
"--without-libtool" to my ./configure call. Everything worked like a
charm, even though I don't understand why?!

Cheers,
Andreas.