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Obtaining the HDF Software

Latest Official Release of HDF: 4.2r3 [ Newsletter 100 ] [ Release File ] [ INSTALL file ] [ Previous Releases]


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 (encoder enabled) library, but they do not include these libraries.


External Software

The following libraries are REQUIRED by HDF, but are not part of HDF.

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 used by HDF

SZIP Compression Information Source [ 2.1 ]* Pre-Compiled Binaries [ 2.0 ] [ 2.1 (Windows only) ]**
ZLIB Compression Information Source [ 1.2 ] Pre-Compiled Binaries [ 1.2 ]
JPEG Compression Information Source Pre-Compiled Binaries

* The SZIP configuration changed in version 2.1, but this did not affect the built binaries.

** The SZIP Encoder is ENABLED in the HDF binaries included below. This version allows a user to create, write, and read datasets with SZIP compression. Please review the SZIP licensing information.


HDF 4 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. The SZIP Encoder is ENABLED in these binaries.

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.

FTP Server Location of HDF 4 Software: ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.org/HDF/HDF_Current/

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

 

HDF 4.2r3 Software

Platform
Source Code
Binary Distribution *
Binary Utilities (only)
ALL Platforms src/
   
AIX 5.2
Compilers: xlc, xlf
bin/aix/ bin/aix/utilities/ (32 bit)
FreeBSD 6.2
Compilers: gcc, f77 GNU 3.4.6
bin/freebsd/ bin/freebsd/utilities/
Linux 2.6.5-7 IA-64
Compilers: Intel C & Fortran 9.0
bin/ia64/ bin/ia64/utilities/
IRIX64 (SGI) v6.5 64-bit
Compilers: C and F90 MIPSpro compilers
bin/irix64/ bin/irix64/utilities/
Linux 2.6 SMP i686 i386
Compilers: gcc 3.4.6, g95 4.0.3
bin/linux/ bin/linux/utilities/
Linux 2.6 SMP x86_64
Compilers: gcc 4.1.2, g95
bin/linux-x86_64/ bin/linux-x86_64/utilities/
Mac OS X 10.5.2 Build 9C7010
Darwin 9.2.2 (32-bit)
Compilers: gcc 4.0.1, g95 0.91
bin/Mac-Intel9/ bin/Mac-Intel9/utilities/
Mac OS X 10.4 Darwin 8.x (32-bit)
Compilers: gcc 4.0.1, g95 0.91
bin/macosx-intel/ bin/macosx-intel/utilities/
Solaris 10
Compilers: Sun C, F95
bin/solaris/ bin/solaris/utilities/
Windows
Compilers: cygwin, .NET, VS2005
bin/windows/ bin/windows/utilities/

* The binary distribution includes the libraries, include files, pre-compiled binary utilities, and release notes.

Previous Releases ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.org/HDF/prev-releases/

- - Last modified:May 19th 2008