[gdal-dev] compiling hdf5 support into gdal-1.6.2

[Frank Warmerdam]

John Cartwright wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> I'm trying to compile in hdf5 support by specifying
> "--with-hdf5=/usr/local/contrib" to the configure script.  The hdf 5
> libraries are located in /usr/local/contrib/lib.  However, configure
> tells me:
> 
> configure: error: HDF5 support requested with arg /usr/local/contrib,
> but no hdf5 lib found
> 
> I've tried both "--with-hdf5=/usr/local/contrib" and
> "--with-hdf5=/usr/local/contrib/lib" w/o success. /usr/local/contrib

John,

Search your config.log file for stuff about hdf5.  In my case where it
worked I see something like:

configure:23094: checking for H5Fopen in -lhdf5
configure:23129: gcc -o conftest -fPIC  -g -DDEBUG  -L/wrk/home/warmerda/gdal 
-L/wrk/home/warmerda/bld/lib conftest.c -lhdf5 -lhdf5 -L/usr/lib 
-L/wrk/home/warmerda/pkg/HDF4.2r1/NewHDF/lib -lmfhdf -ldf 
-L/wrk/home/warmerda/bld/lib -lgeotiff -L/wrk/home/warmerda/bld/lib -ltiff 
-lnetcdf -lpq -L/media/hda1/usr/local/pgsql/lib -lpq -lpthread -lm -lrt -ldl 
-lhdf5 >&5
configure:23135: $? = 0
configure:23153: result: yes

Often you will see clues to why the test link failed.  I used
--with-hdf5=/usr for stuff in /usr/lib.

Best regards,
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