# Unable to install hdf5 with cmake **URL:** \ **Category:** HDF5 Library\ **Created:** [September 2, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/t/unable-to-install-hdf5-with-cmake/7469 "2020-09-02T12:37:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![suryaprakash.sahu](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@suryaprakash.sahu](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/u/suryaprakash.sahu)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/t/unable-to-install-hdf5-with-cmake/7469/1 "2020-09-02T12:37:41Z")
I am following [this link](https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/support/Building+HDF5+with+CMake#BuildingHDF5withCMake-precond) for installing hdf5 with cmake. I am following the instruction I’ve set set (ADD\_BUILD\_OPTIONS “${ADD\_BUILD\_OPTIONS} -DHDF5\_BUILD\_CPP\_LIB:BOOL=OFF”) set (ADD\_BUILD\_OPTIONS “${ADD\_BUILD\_OPTIONS} -DHDF5\_BUILD\_JAVA:BOOL=OFF”) set (ADD\_BUILD\_OPTIONS “${ADD\_BUILD\_OPTIONS} -DHDF5\_ENABLE\_THREADSAFE:BOOL=OFF”) My dockerfile content for hdf5 installation is RUN wget -q [http://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.12/main/x86\_64/cmake-3.17.2-r0.apk](http://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.12/main/x86_64/cmake-3.17.2-r0.apk) && apk add cmake-3.17.2-r0.apk ``` RUN echo $(apk info cmake) COPY ./CMake-hdf5-1.10.6 /root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6 ENV HDF5_VERSION=1.10.6 RUN cd /root/CMake-hdf5-${HDF5_VERSION} && \ ./build-unix.sh ``` I am getting this error > Run dashboard with model Experimental > Source directory: /root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/hdf5-1.10.6 > Build directory: /root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/build > Group: Experimental > Reading ctest configuration file: /root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/hdf5-1.10.6/CTestConfig.cmake > Site: e59e76451cb3 > Build name: Linux-3.10.0-1062.el7.x86\_64-x86\_64 > Use Experimental tag: 20200902-1017 > Configure project > Each . represents 1024 bytes of output > . Size of output: 0K > Error(s) when configuring the project > Build project > Each symbol represents 1024 bytes of output. > . Size of output: 0K > 0 Compiler errors > 1 Compiler warnings > Error(s) when building project Please help on this. ---
**Author:** ![bljones](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e5b9ba/32.png) [@bljones](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/u/bljones)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/t/unable-to-install-hdf5-with-cmake/7469/2 "2020-09-02T14:08:49Z")
Hello, Can you edit the build-unix.sh script and change the “-V” to “-VV”, and then try building again? That will output more information, and hopefully give more clues as to what the issue is. Thanks! -Barbara ---
**Author:** ![suryaprakash.sahu](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@suryaprakash.sahu](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/u/suryaprakash.sahu)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/t/unable-to-install-hdf5-with-cmake/7469/3 "2020-09-03T17:08:23Z")
- Extra verbosity turned on Reading Script: /root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/HDF5config.cmake,BUILD\_GENERATOR=Unix – Dashboard script uname output: Linux-3.10.0-1062.el7.x86\_64-x86\_64 – Dashboard script configuration: CTEST\_SITE=[62ed5ac4a624] CTEST\_BUILD\_NAME=[Linux-3.10.0-1062.el7.x86\_64-x86\_64] CTEST\_SOURCE\_DIRECTORY=[/root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/hdf5-1.10.6] CTEST\_BINARY\_DIRECTORY=[/root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/build] CTEST\_CMAKE\_GENERATOR=[Unix Makefiles] CTEST\_CONFIGURATION\_TYPE=[Release] CTEST\_GIT\_COMMAND=[] CTEST\_CHECKOUT\_COMMAND=[] CTEST\_CONFIGURE\_COMMAND=["/usr/bin/cmake" -C “/root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/hdf5-1.10.6/config/cmake/cacheinit.cmake” -DCMAKE\_BUILD\_TYPE:STRING=Release “““;-DHDF5\_BUILD\_CPP\_LIB:BOOL=OFF”;-DHDF5\_BUILD\_JAVA:BOOL=OFF”;-DHDF5\_ENABLE\_THREADSAFE:BOOL=OFF” -DHDF5\_BUILD\_FORTRAN:BOOL=OFF -DHDF5\_BUILD\_JAVA:BOOL=OFF -DCMAKE\_INSTALL\_PREFIX:PATH=/root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/HDF\_Group/HDF5/1.10.6 -DHDF5\_ALLOW\_EXTERNAL\_SUPPORT:STRING=TGZ -DTGZPATH:PATH=/root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6 -DHDF5\_PACKAGE\_EXTLIBS:BOOL=ON -DSITE:STRING=62ed5ac4a624 -DBUILDNAME:STRING=Linux-3.10.0-1062.el7.x86\_64-x86\_64 -DCTEST\_USE\_LAUNCHERS:BOOL=ON “-GUnix Makefiles” “” “” “/root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/hdf5-1.10.6”] CTEST\_SCRIPT\_DIRECTORY=[/root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6] CTEST\_USE\_LAUNCHERS=[1] LOCAL\_SKIP\_TEST=[TRUE] SetCTestConfiguration:SourceDirectory:/root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/hdf5-1.10.6 SetCTestConfiguration:BuildDirectory:/root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/build Run dashboard with model Experimental Source directory: /root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/hdf5-1.10.6 Build directory: /root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/build Group: Experimental Reading ctest configuration file: /root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/hdf5-1.10.6/CTestConfig.cmake SetCTestConfigurationFromCMakeVariable:NightlyStartTime:CTEST\_NIGHTLY\_START\_TIME SetCTestConfiguration:NightlyStartTime:18:00:00 CST SetCTestConfigurationFromCMakeVariable:Site:CTEST\_SITE SetCTestConfiguration:Site:62ed5ac4a624 SetCTestConfigurationFromCMakeVariable:BuildName:CTEST\_BUILD\_NAME SetCTestConfiguration:BuildName:Linux-3.10.0-1062.el7.x86\_64-x86\_64 Site: 62ed5ac4a624 Build name: Linux-3.10.0-1062.el7.x86\_64-x86\_64 Use Experimental tag: 20200903-0952 Add coverage exclude regular expressions. SetCTestConfiguration:CMakeCommand:/usr/bin/cmake SetCTestConfiguration:BuildDirectory:/root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/build SetCTestConfiguration:SourceDirectory:/root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/hdf5-1.10.6 SetCTestConfiguration:ConfigureCommand:"/usr/bin/cmake" -C “/root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/hdf5-1.10.6/config/cmake/cacheinit.cmake” -DCMAKE\_BUILD\_TYPE:STRING=Release “““;-DHDF5\_BUILD\_CPP\_LIB:BOOL=OFF”;-DHDF5\_BUILD\_JAVA:BOOL=OFF”;-DHDF5\_ENABLE\_THREADSAFE:BOOL=OFF” -DHDF5\_BUILD\_FORTRAN:BOOL=OFF -DHDF5\_BUILD\_JAVA:BOOL=OFF -DCMAKE\_INSTALL\_PREFIX:PATH=/root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/HDF\_Group/HDF5/1.10.6 -DHDF5\_ALLOW\_EXTERNAL\_SUPPORT:STRING=TGZ -DTGZPATH:PATH=/root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6 -DHDF5\_PACKAGE\_EXTLIBS:BOOL=ON -DSITE:STRING=62ed5ac4a624 -DBUILDNAME:STRING=Linux-3.10.0-1062.el7.x86\_64-x86\_64 -DCTEST\_USE\_LAUNCHERS:BOOL=ON “-GUnix Makefiles” “” “” “/root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/hdf5-1.10.6” Configure project Configure with command: “/usr/bin/cmake” -C “/root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/hdf5-1.10.6/config/cmake/cacheinit.cmake” -DCMAKE\_BUILD\_TYPE:STRING=Release “““;-DHDF5\_BUILD\_CPP\_LIB:BOOL=OFF”;-DHDF5\_BUILD\_JAVA:BOOL=OFF”;-DHDF5\_ENABLE\_THREADSAFE:BOOL=OFF” -DHDF5\_BUILD\_FORTRAN:BOOL=OFF -DHDF5\_BUILD\_JAVA:BOOL=OFF -DCMAKE\_INSTALL\_PREFIX:PATH=/root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/HDF\_Group/HDF5/1.10.6 -DHDF5\_ALLOW\_EXTERNAL\_SUPPORT:STRING=TGZ -DTGZPATH:PATH=/root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6 -DHDF5\_PACKAGE\_EXTLIBS:BOOL=ON -DSITE:STRING=62ed5ac4a624 -DBUILDNAME:STRING=Linux-3.10.0-1062.el7.x86\_64-x86\_64 -DCTEST\_USE\_LAUNCHERS:BOOL=ON “-GUnix Makefiles” “” “” “/root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/hdf5-1.10.6” Run command: “/usr/bin/cmake” “-C” “/root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/hdf5-1.10.6/config/cmake/cacheinit.cmake” “-DCMAKE\_BUILD\_TYPE:STRING=Release” ““““;-DHDF5\_BUILD\_CPP\_LIB:BOOL=OFF”;-DHDF5\_BUILD\_JAVA:BOOL=OFF”;-DHDF5\_ENABLE\_THREADSAFE:BOOL=OFF”” “-DHDF5\_BUILD\_FORTRAN:BOOL=OFF” “-DHDF5\_BUILD\_JAVA:BOOL=OFF” “-DCMAKE\_INSTALL\_PREFIX:PATH=/root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/HDF\_Group/HDF5/1.10.6” “-DHDF5\_ALLOW\_EXTERNAL\_SUPPORT:STRING=TGZ” “-DTGZPATH:PATH=/root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6” “-DHDF5\_PACKAGE\_EXTLIBS:BOOL=ON” “-DSITE:STRING=62ed5ac4a624” “-DBUILDNAME:STRING=Linux-3.10.0-1062.el7.x86\_64-x86\_64” “-DCTEST\_USE\_LAUNCHERS:BOOL=ON” “-GUnix Makefiles” “” “” “/root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/hdf5-1.10.6” loading initial cache file /root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/hdf5-1.10.6/config/cmake/cacheinit.cmake CMake Error: CMake was unable to find a build program corresponding to “Unix Makefiles”. CMAKE\_MAKE\_PROGRAM is not set. You probably need to select a different build tool. CMake Error: CMAKE\_C\_COMPILER not set, after EnableLanguage – Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! See also “/root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log”. CMake Error: CTEST\_USE\_LAUNCHERS is enabled, but the RULE\_LAUNCH\_COMPILE global property is not defined. Did you forget to include(CTest) in the toplevel CMakeLists.txt ? Command exited with the value: 1 Error(s) when configuring the project SetCTestConfiguration:BuildDirectory:/root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/build SetCTestConfiguration:SourceDirectory:/root/CMake-hdf5-1.10.6/hdf5-1.10.6 SetMakeCommand:/usr/bin/cmake --build . --config “Release” – -j2 SetCTestConfiguration:MakeCommand:/usr/bin/cmake --build . --config “Release” – -j2 SetCTestConfiguration:UseLaunchers:1 Build project MakeCommand:/usr/bin/cmake --build . --config “Release” – -j2 Run command: “/usr/bin/cmake” “–build” “.” “–config” “Release” “–” “-j2” No such file or directory CMake Error: Generator: execution of make failed. Make command was: -j2 && Command exited with the value: 1 MakeCommand:/usr/bin/cmake --build . --config “Release” – -j2 0 Compiler errors 1 Compiler warnings Error(s) when building project The command ‘/bin/sh -c cd /root/CMake-hdf5-${HDF5\_VERSION} && ./build-unix.sh’ returned a non-zero code: 255 ---
**Author:** ![mike.jackson](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/user_avatar/forum.hdfgroup.org/mike.jackson/32/1734_2.png) [@mike.jackson](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/u/mike.jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/t/unable-to-install-hdf5-with-cmake/7469/4 "2020-09-03T18:47:13Z")
Looks like you need to install “make” (usually the “dev-tools” group from your package manager). ---
**Author:** ![suryaprakash.sahu](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@suryaprakash.sahu](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/u/suryaprakash.sahu)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 6:23am UTC](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/t/unable-to-install-hdf5-with-cmake/7469/5 "2020-09-04T06:23:43Z")
According to [the official site](https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/support/Building+HDF5+with+CMake#BuildingHDF5withCMake-precond), it talks about cmake and I have installed it. ``` RUN wget -q http://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.12/main/x86_64/cmake-3.17.2-r0.apk && \ apk add cmake-3.17.2-r0.apk ``` Do I need ‘make’ also? There is no mention of it !? ---
**Author:** ![mike.jackson](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/user_avatar/forum.hdfgroup.org/mike.jackson/32/1734_2.png) [@mike.jackson](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/u/mike.jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/t/unable-to-install-hdf5-with-cmake/7469/6 "2020-09-08T02:00:02Z")
Yes. You will also need “make”. Not sure what package that is part of on a linux machine but maybe something like “dev-essentials” or “gcc-7” or something like that.