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: 1.8.15-patch1
• Added: December, 2014
• Updated: June, 2015
• Link: http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/

See versions of htseq which are available:

$ module avail hdf5

Load a particular version:

$ module load hdf5/1.8.15-patch1

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 http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/current/src/hdf5-1.8.15-patch1.tar.gz
$ tar xf hdf5-1.8.15-patch1.tar.gz
$ scl enable devtoolset-2 bash
$ ./configure --prefix=/export/apps/hdf5/1.8.15-patch1
$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/hdf5/1.8.15-patch1
$ sudo chown aorth /export/apps/hdf5/1.8.15-patch1
$ make install
$ sudo chown -R root /export/apps/hdf5/1.8.15-patch1