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Getting the package

The latest version of this software will always be available from the project git repository:

git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/h5mma/code h5mma

Requirements

• Mathematica: h5mma requires Mathematica version 6 or newer. It may be possible to get it to work with older versions, but this is not supported.
• HDF5: A version of the HDF5 library providing the version 1.8 API is required.

Installation

Mac OSX (MacPorts):

sudo port install hdf5-18
make && make install

Other:

Create the file 'make.defs' using the template provided in 'make.defs.example'. Edit the paths in this file to point to the appropriate locations on your machine:

HDF5DIR: This should be the directory containing lib/libhdf5*.
MLINKDIR: This should be the directory containing mcc and mprep.
INSTALLDIR: This is optional and can be used to override the directory where h5mma will be installed. Sensible defaults are chosen on Linux (${HOME}/.Mathematica/Applications/h5mma) and Mac OS X (${HOME}/Library/Mathematica/Applications/h5mma) so this will not normally need to be set.

Once these paths have been set, build and install h5mma:

make && make install

Usage

The package may then be loaded into Mathematica using the command:

<< h5mma`

The main command provided is ImportHDF5, which mimics the behavior of Import.

Examples

For example usage, see the h5mma.nb Mathematica notebook in the doc directory.

Changelog

4 Mar 2011: Initial version (0.1) released.

Known problems

None.

License

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along
with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.

Authors

Barry Wardell
Ian Hinder

Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics / Albert Einstein Institute
Am Muehlenberg 1
14476 Potsdam
Germany

http://numrel.aei.mpg.de