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hdf5lib

Headers and Static Libraries for 'HDF5'

v2.1.1.1 · May 15, 2026 · MIT + file LICENSE

Description

Provides a self-contained, static build of the 'HDF5' (Hierarchical Data Format 5) 'C' library (release 2.1.1) for R package developers. Designed for use in the 'LinkingTo' field, it enables zero-dependency integration by building the library entirely from source during installation. Additionally, it compiles and internally links a comprehensive suite of advanced compression filters and their 'HDF5' plugins (Zstd, LZ4, Blosc/Blosc2, Snappy, ZFP, Bzip2, LZF, Bitshuffle, szip, and gzip). These plugins are integrated out-of-the-box, allowing downstream packages to utilize high-performance compression directly through the standard 'HDF5' API while keeping the underlying third-party headers fully encapsulated. 'HDF5' is developed by The HDF Group <https://www.hdfgroup.org/>.

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OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE May 16, 2026
WARNING 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 1 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE May 13, 2026
WARNING r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

whether package can be installed

Found the following significant warnings:
  src/H5FDsplitter.c:637:5: warning: ‘strncpy’ specified bound 4097 equals destination size [-Wstringop-truncation]
See ‘/home/hornik/tmp/R.check/r-devel-gcc/Work/PKGS/hdf5lib.Rcheck/00install.out’ for details.
* used C compiler: ‘gcc-16 (Debian 16-20260425-1) 16.0.1 20260425 (prerelease) [gcc-16 r16-8812-gd9c07462a22]’
OK 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 25, 2026
NOTE 11 OK · 3 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026
NOTE r-oldrel-macos-arm64

installed package size

installed size is 15.4Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
    include   2.3Mb
    lib      13.0Mb
NOTE r-oldrel-macos-x86_64

installed package size

installed size is 14.7Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
    include   2.3Mb
    lib      12.3Mb
NOTE r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

installed package size

installed size is 13.4Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
    include   2.3Mb
    lib      11.0Mb

Reverse Dependencies (1)

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Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies h5lite hdf5lib

Version History

11 tracked
updated 2.1.1.1 ← 2.1.1.0 diff May 15, 2026
updated 2.1.1.0 ← 2.0.0.6 diff Apr 2, 2026
new 2.0.0.6 Mar 10, 2026
updated 2.0.0.6 ← 2.0.0.5 diff Feb 18, 2026
updated 2.0.0.5 ← 2.0.0.4 diff Jan 13, 2026
updated 2.0.0.4 ← 2.0.0.3 diff Dec 21, 2025
updated 2.0.0.3 ← 2.0.0.2 diff Dec 13, 2025
updated 2.0.0.2 ← 1.14.6.8 diff Dec 1, 2025
updated 1.14.6.8 ← 1.14.6.7 diff Nov 18, 2025
updated 1.14.6.7 ← 1.14.6.4 diff Nov 16, 2025
new 1.14.6.4 Nov 9, 2025