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ci-scripts/install-hdf5.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+NAME='hdf5-1.8.16'
+
+set -ex
+INITDIR=`pwd`
+cd local/build
+wget http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/current/src/${NAME}.tar.gz
+tar -xzvf ${NAME}.tar.gz
+mkdir ${NAME}/build
+cd ${NAME}/build
+../configure --prefix=${INITDIR}/local --enable-cxx
+make -j4 
+make install
+cd ${INITDIR}/local
+touch .built.hdf5
+cd ${INITDIR}