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Obtaining the HDF Software

Latest Official Release of HDF: 4.2.9 [ Newsletter 132 ]

The latest formal release of HDF4 can be obtained from this page. HDF4 requires the ZLIB and JPEG external libraries. The pre-compiled binaries below are built with these as well as the SZIP library. For convenience, these external libraries are included in the binaries below.

HDF4 Information:


HDF 4.2.9 Software

FTP Server Location of HDF Software:   http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF/HDF_Current/

    Source Code ALL Platforms

Pre-built Binary Distributions

PLEASE take note of the compilers used to build the pre-compiled binaries below. If your compiler or compiler versions are different than those shown, then you may need to build HDF from source.

The pre-built binary distributions in the table below include the:

Please note that the Windows binary distributions are built in Release Mode only.

Platform
Binary Distribution
Binary Utilities (only)
Linux 2.6 i686 i386
Compilers: gcc & gfortran 4.1.2
hdf-4.2.9-linux.tar.gz Individual Utilities
Linux 2.6 x86_64
Compilers: gcc & gfortran 4.1.2
hdf-4.2.9-linux-x86_64.tar.gz Individual Utilities
Windows (32-bit)
Compilers:
    CMake VS 2010, Intel Fortran 12.1
HDF4.2.9-win32-static.zip Individual Utilities
Windows (32-bit)
Compilers:
    CMake VS 2010, Intel Fortran 12.1
HDF4.2.9-win32-shared.zip  
Windows (64-bit)
Compilers:
    CMake VS 2010, Intel Fortran 12.1
HDF4.2.9-win64-static.zip Individual Utilities
Windows (64-bit)
Compilers:
    CMake VS 2010, Intel Fortran 12.1
HDF4.2.9-win64-shared.zip  
Windows (32-bit)
Compilers:   CMake
    CYGWIN_NT-6.1 1.7 (gcc 4.5.3, gfortran)
HDF4.2.9-cygwin32-static.tar  
Windows (64-bit)
Compilers:   CMake
    CYGWIN_NT-6.1 1.7 (gcc 4.5.3, gfortran)
HDF4.2.9-cygwin64-static.tar  
Windows (32-bit)
Compilers:   Using configure and make
    CYGWIN_NT-6.1 1.7 (gcc 4.5.3, gfortran)
HDF4.2.9-cygwin32.tar (static)    
Windows (64-bit)
Compilers:   Using configure and make
    CYGWIN_NT-6.1 1.7 (gcc 4.5.3, gfortran)  
HDF4.2.9-cygwin64.tar (static)  

 

External Libraries Used by HDF

The ZLIB and JPEG libraries are required by HDF, but the SZIP external library is optional. Users can typically use the ZLIB and JPEG libraries installed on their systems, but the source code is provided below in case there is a need:

JPEG 6b:   JPEG Source Code

SZIP 2.1:   SZIP Source Code (includes CMake support)

ZLIB:


- - Last modified:February 13th 2013