HDF4

HDF4 is an interoperable self-describing file format for archiving and managing data. HDF4 library is a reference implementation by The HDF Group that stores data in HDF4. The current release is HDF 4.3.0, released March 1, 2024.

Download

We provide RedHat Package Management (RPM) and Debian Package (DEB) binaries because the official release distributes them in a tar archive compressed format.

Platform	Package	SHA512
Linux (x86_64)	hdf-4.3.0.x86_64.rpm	92b274feff47913b12cbb3000a0117317e16bc120c152d80ce465806fed9ccd0291a297d27d05c661da8b8d2b4eac9e8e08b144f0a4020bb256aa8b4cdac8781
	hdf-4.3.0.x86_64.deb	11216884c171ec464515415372f3b5588ea907ebda8efdbde071d9c254bd2e67179e6a288b3961f42e63601dd4eae9c3cddbc270c8ab8812eb55c6c60340894d

Installation

RPM

Become a root. Run the following command:

#rpm -i hdf-4.3.0.x86_64.rpm

DEB

Become a root. Run the following command:

#dpkg -i hdf-4.3.0.x86_64.deb

Test

Packages install software under /HDF_Group/HDF/4.3.0/. Run the following command to test installation:

$/HDF_Group/HDF/4.3.0/bin/hdp

It should generate the following output: /HDF_Group/HDF/4.3.0/bin/hdp, HDF Version 4.3 Release 0, February 29, 2024 Usage: hdp [-H] command [command options] <filelist> -H Display usage information about the specified command. If no command is specified, -H lists all commands. Commands: list lists contents of files in <filelist> dumpsds displays data of SDSs in <filelist> dumpvd displays data of vdatas in <filelist>. dumpvg displays data of vgroups in <filelist>. dumprig displays data of RIs (DFR8 and DFR24) in <filelist>. dumpgr displays data of RIs in <filelist>. <filelist> list of hdf file names, separated by spaces.
Last modified: 04/10/2024