# problem compiling with hdf5 **URL:** \ **Category:** User Support\ **Created:** [February 21, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/problem-compiling-with-hdf5/133 "2015-02-21T21:41:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![khurrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@khurrum](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/khurrum)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/problem-compiling-with-hdf5/133/1 "2015-02-21T21:41:58Z")
Hello everyone i tried compiling openmc with hdf5 support. i downloaded HDF5 1.8.14. installed it with instruction given in section 2.2.1 of installation. used the command to export FC=h5pfc then this error happened. [46%] Building Fortran object CMakeFiles/openmc.dir/hdf5\_interface.F90.o /home/khurrum/Work/openmc/src/hdf5\_interface.F90:1791.47: mem\_space\_id=dspace, xfer\_prp = plist) 1 Error: There is no specific subroutine for the generic ‘h5dread\_vl\_f’ at (1) /home/khurrum/Work/openmc/src/hdf5\_interface.F90:1737.45: mem\_space\_id=dspace, xfer\_prp=plist) 1 Error: There is no specific subroutine for the generic ‘h5dwrite\_vl\_f’ at (1) /home/khurrum/Work/openmc/src/hdf5\_interface.F90:779.47: mem\_space\_id=dspace, xfer\_prp = plist) 1 Error: There is no specific subroutine for the generic ‘h5dread\_vl\_f’ at (1) /home/khurrum/Work/openmc/src/hdf5\_interface.F90:737.29: mem\_space\_id=dspace) 1 Error: There is no specific subroutine for the generic ‘h5dwrite\_vl\_f’ at (1) make[3]: \*\*\* [CMakeFiles/openmc.dir/hdf5\_interface.F90.o] Error 1 make[2]: \*\*\* [CMakeFiles/openmc.dir/hdf5\_interface.F90.o.provides] Error 2 make[1]: \*\*\* [CMakeFiles/openmc.dir/all] Error 2 make: \*\*\* [all] Error 2 i am working at ubuntu 12.04 LTS. your help in this regard will be highly appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Herman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@Bryan\_Herman](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/Bryan_Herman)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 4:28am UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/problem-compiling-with-hdf5/133/2 "2015-02-22T04:28:39Z")
These are my commands to build mpich and parallel hdf5: # Build MPICH wget [http://www.mpich.org/static/downloads/3.1.3/mpich-3.1.3.tar.gz](http://www.mpich.org/static/downloads/3.1.3/mpich-3.1.3.tar.gz) tar -xzvf mpich-3.1.3.tar.gz cd mpich-3.1.3 ./configure --prefix=/opt/mpich/3.1.3-gnu make -j make install cd … # Build PHDF5 wget [http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/current/src/hdf5-1.8.14.tar.gz](http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/current/src/hdf5-1.8.14.tar.gz) tar -xzvf hdf5-1.8.14.tar.gz cd hdf5-1.8.14 CC=/opt/mpich/3.1.3-gnu/bin/mpicc FC=/opt/mpich/3.1.3-gnu/bin/mpif90 ./configure –prefix=/opt/phdf5/1.8.14-gnu --enable-fortran –enable-fortran2003 --enable-parallel make -j make install cd … Let me know if this gives you problems. ---
**Author:** ![khurrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@khurrum](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/khurrum)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 9:30am UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/problem-compiling-with-hdf5/133/3 "2015-02-22T09:30:23Z")
I have successfully installed mpich and hdf5 with parallel option enabled. The error I posted is during installation of openmc with parallel enabled Fortran wrapper of hdf5 ---
**Author:** ![khurrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@khurrum](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/khurrum)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 1:09pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/problem-compiling-with-hdf5/133/4 "2015-02-22T13:09:27Z")
this is the output of cmake showing that it detects the h5pfc fortran wrapper but don’t know what is the problem with the compilation – The Fortran compiler identification is GNU – Check for working Fortran compiler: /home/khurrum/Downloads/hdf5-1.8.14/build/bin/h5pfc – Check for working Fortran compiler: /home/khurrum/Downloads/hdf5-1.8.14/build/bin/h5pfc – works – Detecting Fortran compiler ABI info – Detecting Fortran compiler ABI info - done – Checking whether /home/khurrum/Downloads/hdf5-1.8.14/build/bin/h5pfc supports Fortran 90 – Checking whether /home/khurrum/Downloads/hdf5-1.8.14/build/bin/h5pfc supports Fortran 90 – yes – Detected parallel HDF5 wrapper: /home/khurrum/Downloads/hdf5-1.8.14/build/bin/h5pfc – Found PythonInterp: /usr/bin/python (found version “2.7.3”) – Configuring done – Generating done – Build files have been written to: /home/khurrum/Work/openmc/src ---
**Author:** ![paulromano](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openmc.discourse.group/paulromano/32/486_2.png) [@paulromano](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/paulromano)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/problem-compiling-with-hdf5/133/5 "2015-02-23T15:28:13Z")
When you built HDF5, did you use the --enable-fortran and --enable-fortran2003 options? Paul ---
**Author:** ![khurrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@khurrum](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/khurrum)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/problem-compiling-with-hdf5/133/6 "2015-02-23T15:37:29Z")
Yes I did. As in my last post I have shown output of cmake which detected f5pfs so this means Fortran was enabled. I have run some examples of hdf5 to check its installation and they are working fine