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The raw portfile for hdf5 1.6.9 is located here:
http://hdf5.darwinports.com/dports/science/hdf5/Portfile
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The hdf5 Portfile 52302 2009-06-13 20:37:48Z jochen macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0

Name: hdf5
Version: 1.6.9
Revision: 0
Category: science
Maintainers: openmaintainer jochen

Description: HDF5 general purpose library and file format for storing scientific data
Long Description: ${description}
Homepage: http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/
Platform: darwin
Master Sites: ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/current16/src/ ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/prev-releases/hdf5-${version}/src/

Checksums: md5 751eb3317a47e7c58978e1c3a13a93fc sha1 0481ce8cf2e62b9b10418065901369d4e0dbb4dc rmd160 05ca8a3229bdd6e214d0e843afc065d0fe9f47c7

depends_lib port:zlib
Patch Files: patch-commence.diff patch-c-commence.diff patch-fortran-commence.diff patch-H5f90i.diff patch-configure.diff patch-c++_configure.diff patch-fortran_configure.diff

universal_variant no

use_parallel_build yes
configure.ccache no

configure.args --enable-cxx --with-zlib=yes --with-szlib=no
configure.ldflags -L${worksrcpath}/src/.libs -L${prefix}/lib

destroot.destdir prefix=${destroot}${prefix}

test.run yes
test.target check


# variant descriptions

Variant: fortran description {Include the Fortran interface} {
configure.args-delete --disable-fortran
configure.args-append --enable-fortran
pre-fetch {
if { ![variant_isset gcc43] && ![variant_isset gcc42] && ![variant_isset g95] } {
error "You must specify a compiler variant in order to build the Fortran interface"
}
}
}

Variant: szip description {Enable szip compression support} {
configure.args-delete --with-szlib=no
configure.args-append --with-szlib=yes
depends_lib-append port:szip
}

Variant: threadsafe description {Enable threadsafety (experimental, fails unit-tests)} {
configure.args-delete --disable-threadsafe
configure.args-append --enable-threadsafe
}


Variant: gcc42 conflicts g95 gcc43 description {Compile using GCC 4.2} {
depends_lib-append port:gcc42
configure.compiler macports-gcc-4.2
}

Variant: gcc43 conflicts g95 gcc42 description {Compile using GCC 4.3} {
depends_lib-append port:gcc43
configure.compiler macports-gcc-4.3
configure.env-append LD=${prefix}/bin/g++-mp-4.3
}

Variant: g95 requires fortran conflicts gcc42 gcc43 description {Use g95 Fortran compiler (unsupported)} {
depends_lib-append port:g95
patchfiles-append patch-powerpc-apple.diff
configure.fc ${prefix}/bin/g95
}

Variant: optimized description {Higher compiler optimization for host machine (esp. for gcc43)} {
configure.cflags-delete -O2
configure.cxxflags-delete -O2
configure.fflags-delete -O2
configure.cflags-append -ftree-vectorize -O3
configure.cxxflags-append -ftree-vectorize -O3
configure.fflags-append -ftree-vectorize -O3
if { [variant_isset gcc43] } {
configure.cflags-append -march=native
configure.cxxflags-append -march=native
configure.fflags-append -march=native
}
}

If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.
Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:

%  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/hdf5
%  sudo port install hdf5  
Password: 

You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

--->  Fetching hdf5
--->  Verifying checksum for hdf5
--->  Extracting hdf5
--->  Configuring hdf5
--->  Building hdf5 with target all

--->  Staging hdf5 into destroot

--->  Installing hdf5

- Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using hdf5 with these commands:

%  man hdf5
%  apropos hdf5
%  which hdf5
%  locate hdf5

 Where to find more information: