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Obtaining the Latest HDF5 Software

Latest Official Release of HDF5:  5-1.6.9      [ Newsletter 107 ] [ Release Notes ] [ Install (Source) ] [ Compile Info ]
For information on earlier releases:       [ Previous Releases ] [ RELEASE.txt Files ]


The latest formal release of HDF5 1.6, version 1.6.9, can be obtained from this page. This release contains bug fixes and changes since the last release.

Please note that there will ONLY be one more release of HDF5 1.6 (version 1.6.10), scheduled for November 2009.

Users should plan to move to the HDF5 1.8 release. Please refer to the What's New in 1.8 document for the changes in the HDF5 1.8 release.

New users are STRONGLY encouraged to use HDF5 1.8.


External Software

The following libraries are used by HDF5, but are *not* part of HDF5.

Please be aware that the external software below (especially ZLIB) is provided for convenience reasons ONLY and comes WITHOUT a guarantee. We encourage users to use the ZLIB library that is installed on their systems.
 

External Libraries used by HDF5

SZIP Compression Information Source Code [ 2.1 ] Pre-Compiled Binaries [ 2.0 ] [ 2.1 (Windows, Mac Intel) ]
ZLIB Compression Information Source Code [ 1.2 ] Pre-Compiled Binaries [ 1.2 ]

NOTE:


HDF5 1.6 Software

    FTP Server Location of HDF5 Software: http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/current16/
or   ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/current16/

      The locations in the table below are relative to the HDF5 Software location shown above.
   

HDF5-1.6.9 Software

Platform*
Source Code
Binary Distribution**
STATIC Binary Utilities (only)
    All Platforms src/
   
AIX 5.3 (32-bit) Serial
  Compilers:   xlc, xlC, xlf
 
5-1.6.9-aix-static.tar.gz Individual Utilities
AIX 5.3 (64-bit) Serial
  Compilers:   xlc, xlC, xlf
 
5-1.6.9-aix64-static.tar.gz  
FreeBSD 6.3 i386
  Compilers:   gcc & g++ 3.4.6
 
5-1.6.9-freebsd-static.tar.gz Individual Utilities
FreeBSD 6.3 i386
  Compilers:   gcc & g++ 3.4.6
 
5-1.6.9-freebsd-shared.tar.gz  
FreeBSD 6.3 amd64
  Compilers:   gcc & g++ 3.4.6
 
5-1.6.9-freebsd64-static.tar.gz Individual Utilities
FreeBSD 6.3 amd64
  Compilers:   gcc & g++ 3.4.6
 
5-1.6.9-freebsd64-shared.tar.gz  
Linux 2.6 i686
  Compilers:   gcc & g++ 4.1.2, g95 (0.92!)
 
5-1.6.9-linux-static.tar.gz Individual Utilities
Linux 2.6 i686
  Compilers:   gcc & g++ 4.1.2, g95 (0.92!)
 
5-1.6.9-linux-shared.tar.gz  
Linux 2.6.16 x86_64
  Compilers:   gcc & g++ 4.1.2, pgf90 7.2-1
 
5-1.6.9-linux-x86_64-static.tar.gz Individual Utilities
Linux 2.6.16 x86_64
  Compilers: pgcc, pgCC, pgf90 7.2-1
 
5-1.6.9-linux-x86_64-shared.tar.gz  
Mac OS X Intel 10.5.6
  Compilers:   gcc & g++ 4.0.1, g95
  5-1.6.9-mac-intel-static.tar.gz Individual Utilities
Solaris 2.10 (32-bit)
  Compilers:   Sun's cc, c++, and f95
 
5-1.6.9-solaris-static.tar.gz Individual Utilities
Solaris 2.10 (32-bit)
  Compilers:   Sun's cc, c++, and f95
 
5-1.6.9-solaris-shared.tar.gz  
Solaris 2.10 (64-bit)
  Compilers:   Sun's cc, c++, and f95
 
5-1.6.9-solaris64-static.tar.gz Individual Utilities
Solaris 2.10 (32-bit)
  Compilers:   Sun's cc, c++, and f95
 
5-1.6.9-solaris64-shared.tar.gz  
Windows Vista
  Compilers:
      VS 2005, Intel Fortran 9.1
  hdf5_169_vista_vs2005_ivf91.zip  
Windows XP (32-bit)
  Compilers:
      .NET, Intel Fortran 9.1
  hdf5_169_xp32_vnet_szip_ivf91.zip  
Windows XP (32-bit)
  Compilers:
      VS 2005, Intel Fortran 9.1
  hdf5_169_xp32_vs2005_ivf91.zip Individual Utilities
Windows XP (32-bit)
  Compilers:
      VS 6
  hdf5_169_xp32_vs6_szip.zip  

*   Please note that the compilers listed under each platform in the table are those that the binaries were built with. If your compilers or platform are different than those listed, you may need to build HDF5 from source.

**   The Binary Distribution includes the libraries, include files, pre-compiled binary utilities, and release notes. They were built with the ZLIB library and SZIP library with the SZIP Encoder Enabled. Refer to SZIP Compression listed under External Libraries, above, for details on what this means.

    Previous Releases http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/prev-releases/

- - Last modified:May 10th 2009