5/13/04

User's instructions to get HDF4.2r0 compiled on Linux 4.2r0
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I believe I have, at last, solved the shared object library linkage problem 
(ie the problem I had with szip..). 

It appears that , for Linux at least, the search path is determined from 
/etc/ld.so.conf

This I found out from google searches. Put the path to the shared object 
library (in my case libsz.0.1 is located in /usr/local/lib); then run the 
program: /sbin/ldconfig

This solved the linkage problem encountered when compiling with gcc
Also, I added -lsz to the compilation string; I dont know if this is 
necessary but in my case I needed to. This addition isnt mentioned in the 
installation help files,so maybe this isnt standard? It would be good to 
know if -lsz is needed.

Previously I tried to export LD_LIBRARY_PATH but that did not fix the 
problem.

I don't know if you maintain a faq list for installation difficulties, but 
it would be good to add my result to the list if it does exist. It could 
save other Fedora Core users hours and hours of hassle.
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