I can install hdf5 smoothly. I am using R2.5.0 on WinXP-32bit machine.
>> configure: error: Can't find HDF5
It looks u r using x86_64 machine. Maybe u need install hdf5 from source code.
I have been install hdf5 on both CentOS and Fedora, no error messages.
ZHUANSHI
On 12/4/07, Jahrul Alam <alamj at uwaterloo.ca>
wrote:>
> Hello,
>
> I want to install hdf5 libraries for R and I get the same error as posted
> below whether I try install.packages("hdf5") from R command
prompt or the
> command line installation below. I would appreciate if any one could help
me
> on this.
>
>
> [alamj at thor hdf5]$ ./configure
--with-hdf5=/bluejay/apps/HDF5-1.6.6/x86_64
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output... a.out
> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
> checking for executable suffix...
> checking for object suffix... o
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for library containing inflate... -lz
> checking for library containing H5open... no
> configure: error: Can't find HDF5
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jahrul
>
>
>
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