MX_Pmodule/Tools/HDFView

Build HDFView module

Notations

$PMODULES_ROOT: root of Pmodules environment. At PSI this is /opt/psi.

$GRP: group the module is installed in, here 'Tools'

$P: package name, here HDFView.

$V: package version.

$PREFIX: prefix of module, this is $PMODULES_ROOT/$GRP/$P/$V which is at PSI /opt/psi/Tools/HDFView/$V.

$BUILDBLOCK_DIR: the directory of this file.

MODULEFILES_DIR: top-level directory where the modulefiles are installed relative to the group: $PMODULES_ROOT/$GRP/modulefiles.

$RELEASE: release of module, the value is either 'unstable', 'stable' or 'deprecated'

Download

Download the package from https://www.hdfgroup.org/downloads/hdfview/. The compressed tar-file contains a shell-script installer.

Install the package

1. Unpack the downloaded tar-file
2. cd "$PMODULES_ROOT/Tools".
3. Run the installer script
4. Accept the license
5. Answer 'no' to the question "Do you want to include the subdirectory HDFView-$V-Linux?"
6. HDFView will be installed into $PREFIX

Post-install

1. mkdir "$PREFIX"/{bin,libexec}
2. mv "$PREFIX/hdfview.sh" "$PREFIX/libexec"
3. install --mode 0755 "$BUILDBLOCK_DIR/HDFView" "$PREFIX/bin"

Install files for Pmodules

1. install --mode 0644 "$BUILDBLOCK_DIR/modulefile" "$MODULEFILES_DIR/$P/$V"
2. `echo "$RELEASE" > "$MODULEFILES_DIR/$P/.release-$V"