FindHDF5 — CMake 3.28.3 Documentation

# FindHDF5

Find Hierarchical Data Format (HDF5), a library for reading and writing self describing array data.

This module invokes the `HDF5` wrapper compiler that should be installed alongside `HDF5`. Depending upon the `HDF5` Configuration, the wrapper compiler is called either `h5cc` or `h5pcc`. If this succeeds, the module will then call the compiler with the show argument to see what flags are used when compiling an `HDF5` client application.

The module will optionally accept the `COMPONENTS` argument. If no `COMPONENTS` are specified, then the find module will default to finding only the `HDF5` C library. If one or more `COMPONENTS` are specified, the module will attempt to find the language bindings for the specified components. The valid components are `C`, `CXX`, `Fortran`, `HL`. `HL` refers to the "high-level" HDF5 functions for C and Fortran. If the `COMPONENTS` argument is not given, the module will attempt to find only the C bindings. For example, to use Fortran HDF5 and HDF5-HL functions, do: `find_package(HDF5 COMPONENTS Fortran HL)`.

This module will read the variable `HDF5_USE_STATIC_LIBRARIES` to determine whether or not to prefer a static link to a dynamic link for `HDF5` and all of it's dependencies. To use this feature, make sure that the `HDF5_USE_STATIC_LIBRARIES` variable is set before the call to find_package.

New in version 3.10: Support for `HDF5_USE_STATIC_LIBRARIES` on Windows.

Both the serial and parallel `HDF5` wrappers are considered and the first directory to contain either one will be used. In the event that both appear in the same directory the serial version is preferentially selected. This behavior can be reversed by setting the variable `HDF5_PREFER_PARALLEL` to `TRUE`.

In addition to finding the includes and libraries required to compile an `HDF5` client application, this module also makes an effort to find tools that come with the `HDF5` distribution that may be useful for regression testing.

## Result Variables

This module will set the following variables in your project:

`HDF5_FOUND`

  HDF5 was found on the system

`HDF5_VERSION`

  New in version 3.3: HDF5 library version

`HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS`

  Location of the HDF5 header files

`HDF5_DEFINITIONS`

  Required compiler definitions for HDF5

`HDF5_LIBRARIES`

  Required libraries for all requested bindings

`HDF5_HL_LIBRARIES`

  Required libraries for the HDF5 high level API for all bindings, if the `HL` component is enabled

Available components are: `C` `CXX` `Fortran` and `HL`. For each enabled language binding, a corresponding `HDF5_${LANG}_LIBRARIES` variable, and potentially `HDF5_${LANG}_DEFINITIONS`, will be defined. If the `HL` component is enabled, then an `HDF5_${LANG}_HL_LIBRARIES` will also be defined. With all components enabled, the following variables will be defined:

`HDF5_C_DEFINITIONS`

  Required compiler definitions for HDF5 C bindings

`HDF5_CXX_DEFINITIONS`

  Required compiler definitions for HDF5 C++ bindings

`HDF5_Fortran_DEFINITIONS`

  Required compiler definitions for HDF5 Fortran bindings

`HDF5_C_INCLUDE_DIRS`

  Required include directories for HDF5 C bindings

`HDF5_CXX_INCLUDE_DIRS`

  Required include directories for HDF5 C++ bindings

`HDF5_Fortran_INCLUDE_DIRS`

  Required include directories for HDF5 Fortran bindings

`HDF5_C_LIBRARIES`

  Required libraries for the HDF5 C bindings

`HDF5_CXX_LIBRARIES`

  Required libraries for the HDF5 C++ bindings

`HDF5_Fortran_LIBRARIES`

  Required libraries for the HDF5 Fortran bindings

`HDF5_C_HL_LIBRARIES`

  Required libraries for the high level C bindings

`HDF5_CXX_HL_LIBRARIES`

  Required libraries for the high level C++ bindings

`HDF5_Fortran_HL_LIBRARIES`

  Required libraries for the high level Fortran bindings.

`HDF5_IS_PARALLEL`

  HDF5 library has parallel IO support

`HDF5_C_COMPILER_EXECUTABLE`

  path to the HDF5 C wrapper compiler

`HDF5_CXX_COMPILER_EXECUTABLE`

  path to the HDF5 C++ wrapper compiler

`HDF5_Fortran_COMPILER_EXECUTABLE`

  path to the HDF5 Fortran wrapper compiler

`HDF5_C_COMPILER_EXECUTABLE_NO_INTERROGATE`

  path to the primary C compiler which is also the HDF5 wrapper

`HDF5_CXX_COMPILER_EXECUTABLE_NO_INTERROGATE`

  path to the primary C++ compiler which is also the HDF5 wrapper

`HDF5_Fortran_COMPILER_EXECUTABLE_NO_INTERROGATE`

  path to the primary Fortran compiler which is also the HDF5 wrapper

`HDF5_DIFF_EXECUTABLE`

  path to the HDF5 dataset comparison tool

With all components enabled, the following targets will be defined:

`HDF5::HDF5`

  All detected `HDF5_LIBRARIES`.

`hdf5::hdf5`

  C library.

`hdf5::hdf5_cpp`

  C++ library.

`hdf5::hdf5_fortran`

  Fortran library.

`hdf5::hdf5_hl`

  High-level C library.

`hdf5::hdf5_hl_cpp`

  High-level C++ library.

`hdf5::hdf5_hl_fortran`

  High-level Fortran library.

`hdf5::h5diff`

  `h5diff` executable.

## Hints

The following variables can be set to guide the search for HDF5 libraries and includes:

`HDF5_PREFER_PARALLEL`

  New in version 3.4.

  set `true` to prefer parallel HDF5 (by default, serial is preferred)

`HDF5_FIND_DEBUG`

  New in version 3.9.

  Set `true` to get extra debugging output.

`HDF5_NO_FIND_PACKAGE_CONFIG_FILE`

  New in version 3.8.

  Set `true` to skip trying to find `hdf5-config.cmake`.