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Obtaining the HDF Software

Latest Official Release of HDF: 4.2r4 [ Newsletter 105 ]

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, but they do not include these libraries.

HDF4 Information:


External Libraries Used By HDF4

The ZLIB and JPEG external libraries are REQUIRED by HDF, but are not part of HDF. The SZIP library is optional. However, the pre-built binaries are built with SZIP, so if using them, you must also include the SZIP library. Be sure to review the SZIP licensing information when using SZIP.

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

External Libraries

SZIP Compression Information Source [ 2.1 ] Pre-Compiled Binaries [ 2.0 ] [ 2.1 (Windows, Mac Intel) ]
ZLIB Compression Information Source [ 1.2.3 ] Pre-Compiled Binaries [ 1.2 ]
JPEG Compression Information Source [ 6b ] Pre-Compiled Binaries

NOTE:
- The SZIP configuration changed in version 2.1, but this did not affect the built SZIP 2.0 binaries.


HDF4 Software

The pre-compiled binaries listed in the table below are built with and therefore require the SZIP, ZLIB, and JPEG libraries, external to HDF. Be sure to review the SZIP licensing information if using SZIP.

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.

Location of HDF 4 Software: http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF/HDF_Current/
ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.org/HDF/HDF_Current/

The locations in the table below are relative to the HDF software location shown above.

 

HDF 4.2r4 Software

Platform
Source Code
Binary Distribution *
Binary Utilities (only)
ALL Platforms HDF4.2r4.tar.gz
   
FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE amd64
Compilers: gcc, f77 GNU 3.4.6
4.2r4-freebsd-amd64.tar.gz Individual Utilities
FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE i386
Compilers: gcc, f77 GNU 3.4.6
4.2r4-freebsd-i386.tar.gz Individual Utilities
Linux 2.6 Altix SMP IA-64
Compilers: Intel C & Fortran 10.1
4.2r4-ia64.tar.gz Individual Utilities
IRIX64 version 6.5 64-bit
Compilers: C and F90 MIPSpro compilers
4.2r4-irix65-64.tar.gz Individual Utilities
Linux 2.6 i686 i386
Compilers: gcc 4.1.2 and g77 3.4.6
4.2r4-linux.tar.gz Individual Utilities
Linux 2.6 x86_64
Compilers: gcc 4.1.2, g95 4.0.3
4.2r4-linux-x86_64.tar.gz Individual Utilities
Linux 2.6 x86_64 (Fedora 10)
Compilers: gcc & gfortran 4.3.2
4.2r4-linux-fedora10-64.tar.gz  
Linux 2.6 x86_64 (OpenSuse 11.1)
Compilers: gcc & gfortran 4.3.2
4.2r4-linux-suse11-64.tar.gz  
Linux 2.6 x86_64 (Ubuntu 8.10)
Compilers: gcc & gfortran 4.3.2
4.2r4-linux-ubuntu8.10-64.tar.gz  
Mac OS X 10.5
Darwin 9.4.0 (32-bit)
Compilers: gcc 4.0.1, gfortran 4.3.0
4.2r4-macosx-gfortran.tar.gz Individual Utilities
Mac OS X 10.5
Darwin 9.4.0 (32-bit)
Compilers: Intel compilers 10.1
4.2r4-macosx-intel.tar.gz  
Solaris 10
Compilers: Sun C 5.8, Sun F95 8.2
4.2r4-solaris.tar.gz Individual Utilities
Solaris 10 64-bit
Compilers: Sun C 5.8, Sun F95 8.2
4.2r4-solaris64.tar.gz  
Windows XP (32-bit)
Compilers: VS 2005 w/Intel Fortran 10.1
win42r4-VS2005-IVF101.zip Individual Utilities
Windows XP (32-bit)
Compilers: VS.NET w/Intel Fortran 9.1
win42r4-VNET-IVF91.zip  
Windows XP (32-bit)
Compilers: cygwin 3.4.4 and g95 0.90! (g77)
42r4-win-xp-cygwin.zip  
Windows Vista (32-bit)
Compilers: cygwin 3.4.4 and g95 0.90! (g77)
42r4-win-vista-cygwin.zip  

* The binary distribution includes the libraries, include files, pre-compiled binary utilities, and release notes. They were built with the SZIP, ZLIB, and JPEG libraries included.


- - Last modified:October 05th 2009