HDF5 Windows Libraries as used by the h5 R-Package

COMPILATION

PREQUISITES
The Library has been compiled using Windows 7 64Bit using the following tools:

• Rtools 3.3, see http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools
• CMake, current version (e.g. 3.2.1, installed using standard parameters), see http://www.cmake.org/download
• HDF5 1.8.14 obtained from http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/current/src/hdf5-1.8.14.tar.gz, unpack to e.g. C:\hdf5

BUILD STEPS

1. Check if Rtools Windows Environment PATH variables are set accordingly, i.e. - For 32Bit Platforms: C:\Rtools\bin;C:\Rtools\mingw_32\bin - For 64Bit Platforms: C:\Rtools\bin;C:\Rtools\mingw_64\bin
2. Open CMake Gui, set CMake Source dir to HDF5 Source, e.g. C:\hdf5; Set build dir to new directory, push button "Configure".
3. The following parameters need to be set manually in the CMake tool (check Advanced Box): * BUILD_STATIC_EXECS: check * CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: Release * HDF5_BUILD_CPP_LIB: check * HDF5_BUILD_HL_LIB: check * HDF5_ENABLE_ZLIB_SUPPORT: check * Set ZLIB
   • For 32Bit Platforms:
     • ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR: C:/Rtools/mingw_32/i686-w64-mingw32/include
     • ZLIB_LIBRARY: C:/Rtools/mingw_32/i686-w64-mingw32/lib/libz.a
   • For 64Bit Platforms:
     • ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR: C:/Rtools/mingw_64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include
     • ZLIB_LIBRARY: C:/Rtools/mingw_64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libz.a
4. After Configuration is finished change to build-dir and compile using $ mingw32-make