[Matplotlib-users] netcdf4-python build

[Michael R. <raw...@ya...>]

Ubuntu 12.04

hdf5-tools installed from package manager

netcdf-bin and python-netcdf installed from package manager

I downloaded netCDF4-1.0fix1.tar.gz from http://code.google.com/p/netcdf4-python/downloads/list

> python setup.py build


/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lhdf5_hl
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lhdf5
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lhdf5_hl
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lhdf5
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
error: Command "gcc -pthread -shared -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro build/temp.linux-i686-2.7/netCDF4.o -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-R/usr/local/lib -Wl,-R/usr/local/lib -lnetcdf -lhdf5_hl -lhdf5 -lz -o build/lib.linux-i686-2.7/netCDF4.so" failed with exit status 1