HDF version 4.2.15-post0 currently under development
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Information about HDF
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The HDF (or HDF4) home page is located here:
https://support.hdfgroup.org/products/hdf4/
The most recent version of the software can be obtained from:
https://support.hdfgroup.org/release4/obtain.html
The HDF documentation can be found in:
https://support.hdfgroup.org/release4/doc/index.html
Source Distribution Layout
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The top level of the source code distribution contains the following
subdirectories:
bin -- Scripts for maintenance.
config -- Configuration files to be used by configure script.
hdf -- The source code for the HDF 'base library', the multi-file
annotation interface, the multi-file raster image interface,
HDF command line utilities, and a test suite.
Please see the README in each directory for further
information on each package.
java -- The Java HDF JNI library
m4 -- Autotools macros and libtool files for building with autotools.
mfhdf -- The netCDF(mfhdf) part of the HDF/mfhdf distribution and
additional HDF utilities, such as hdp, hrepack, hdfimport, etc.
man -- An incomplete set of man page(s) for HDF.
release_notes --
Installation instructions for UNIX and Windows.
Descriptions of new features and bug fixes in this release.
Files in this sub-directory can be used as supplemental
documentation for HDF.
Third Party Software Requirements
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* JPEG distribution release 6b or later.
* ZLIB 1.1.4(libz.a) or later.
System Requirements
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To build the HDF library from source, you need:
* C and Fortran compilers. For a list of the supported compilers,
see release_notes/RELEASE.txt file.
Configuring/Testing/Installing
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See the file release_notes/INSTALL for instructions on configuring, testing,
and installing this software on Unix and non-UNIX systems.