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The raw portfile for hdf5-18 1.8.3 is located here:
http://hdf5-18.darwinports.com/dports/science/hdf5-18/Portfile
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# -*- coding: utf-8; mode: tcl; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; tab-width: 4; truncate-lines: t -*- vim:fenc=utf-8:et:sw=4:ts=4:sts=4
The hdf5-18 Portfile 58340 2009-09-26 22:34:23Z mmoll macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0
PortGroup muniversal 1.0

set realname hdf5
Name: ${realname}-18
Version: 1.8.3
Revision: 1
Category: science
Maintainers: mmoll openmaintainer

Description: HDF5 general purpose library and file format for storing scientific data
Long Description: ${description}
Homepage: http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/
Platform: darwin
Master Sites: ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/current/src/ ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/prev-releases/hdf5-${version}/src/
Checksums: md5 5ce228d860bf9e797ca40ab1a823c380 sha1 0bf66eb5d964472eae4b6c2bb26e669dcd188140 rmd160 7b279306b5458f39dc7343c14a7c7c88459823a3
distname ${realname}-${version}
Patch Files: patch-configure.diff
depends_lib port:zlib port:szip
use_parallel_build yes

# The HDF5 configure script reorders CPPFLAGS and mangles
# '-isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk'. Luckily, we can omit it,
# since it does not run the preprocessing phase separate from the
# compilation phase and it leaves the CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS alone.
configure.universal_cppflags
configure.args --with-zlib=yes --with-szlib=yes --enable-filters=all --enable-production --disable-fortran --enable-cxx --enable-shared --enable-static

test.run yes
test.target check

Variant: threadsafe description {Enable threadsafety (experimental and un-supported, disables cxx support)} {
configure.args-delete --disable-threadsafe --enable-cxx
configure.args-append --enable-threadsafe --disable-cxx
}

livecheck.type regex
livecheck.url http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/release/obtain5.html
livecheck.regex 5-(\[0-9.\]+)

If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.
Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:

%  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/hdf5-18
%  sudo port install hdf5-18  
Password: 

You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

--->  Fetching hdf5-18
--->  Verifying checksum for hdf5-18
--->  Extracting hdf5-18
--->  Configuring hdf5-18
--->  Building hdf5-18 with target all

--->  Staging hdf5-18 into destroot

--->  Installing hdf5-18

- Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using hdf5-18 with these commands:

%  man hdf5-18
%  apropos hdf5-18
%  which hdf5-18
%  locate hdf5-18

 Where to find more information: