HDF5 is a data model, library, and file format for storing and managing data. It supports an unlimited variety of datatypes, and is designed for flexible and efficient I/O and for high volume and complex data. The HDF5 Technology suite includes tools and applications for managing, manipulating, viewing, and analyzing data in the HDF5 format.

• Version: 1.8.19
• Added: December, 2014
• Updated: September, 2017
• Link: http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/

See versions of hdf5 which are available:

$ module avail hdf5

Load a particular version:

$ module load hdf5/1.8.19

List contents of an archive:

$ h5dump -n file_s1_p0.bas.h5

Print referenced datasets:

$ h5dump -d /MultiPart/Parts file_s1_p0.bas.h5

Notes from the sysadmin during installation:

$ cd /tmp
$ wget https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/current18/src/hdf5-1.8.19.tar.gz
$ tar xf hdf5-1.8.19.tar.gz
$ cd hdf5-1.8.19
$ scl enable devtoolset-4 bash
$ ./configure --prefix=/export/apps/hdf5/1.8.19 --enable-production --enable-cxx
$ make
$ make check
$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/hdf5/1.8.19
$ sudo chown aorth /export/apps/hdf5/1.8.19
$ make install
$ sudo chown -R root /export/apps/hdf5/1.8.19

Note that the –enable-cxx option to configure is important as it enables the installation of the C++ header files that other programs can use to compile against.