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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+. /etc/profile.d/module.sh
+
+TARFILE="hdf5-$1-patch1.tar.bz2"
+EXTRDIR="hdf5-$1-patch1"
+VERSION="$1"
+GNUVERSION="$2"
+MPIVERSION="$3"
+
+INSTALLDIR="/opt/tools/hdf5"
+
+MODULEDIR="/opt/tools/hdf5/modulefiles"
+MODULEFILE="$VERSION-openmpi-$MPIVERSION-gnu-$GNUVERSION"
+
+if [ "$1" = "" -o "$2" = "" -o "$3" = "" ]; then
+  echo "error: missing version number" 1>&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+if [ ! -e "$TARFILE" ]; then
+  echo "error: file '$TARFILE' not found" 1>&2
+  exit 2
+fi
+
+if [ ! -e "$EXTRDIR" ]; then
+  mkdir -p "$EXTRDIR"
+  tar --bzip2 -xvf hdf5-1.8.15-patch1.tar.bz2 
+  #tar --bzip2 -xvf "$EXTRDIR" -f "$TARFILE"
+fi
+cd "$EXTRDIR" || exit 1
+
+############################################################################
+
+## installation
+umask 002
+
+module load compiler/gnu/$GNUVERSION
+module load mpi/openmpi/$MPIVERSION-gnu-$GNUVERSION
+module list 2> ../mod_gnu
+
+export > ../gnu_env
+
+CC=mpicc FC=mpif90 CXX=mpicxx ./configure --with-zlib=/opt/tools/zlib/1.2.8 --prefix=/sw/laki-SL6x/hlrs/tools/hdf5/$VERSION-openmpi-$MPIVERSION-gnu-$GNUVERSION/ --enable-parallel --enable-fortran --enable-fortran2003 
+##configure: error: --enable-cxx and --enable-parallel flags are incompatible.
+make
+make install
+make installcheck > ../installcheck.log
+make clean
+
+cd ..
+rm -rf "$EXTRDIR"
+echo "ende installation"
+#########################################################################
+##########################MODULEFILES####################################
+cd "$MODULEDIR" || exit 1
+
+cat >"$MODULEFILE" <<EOF
+#%Module
+#
+# Module:          tools/hdf5/$MODULEFILE
+#
+
+set version     $VERSION-openmpi-$MPIVERSION-gnu-$GNUVERSION
+set base        $INSTALLDIR/\$version
+set compiler    gnu
+set compversion $GNUVERSION
+set mpipath     mpi/openmpi/$MPIVERSION-gnu-$GNUVERSION
+
+prepend-path   CPATH            \$base/include 
+prepend-path   PATH             \$base/bin
+prepend-path   LD_LIBRARY_PATH  \$base/lib
+append-path    INCLUDE          \$base/include
+append-path    MANPATH          \$base/share/man
+
+conflict tools/hdf5
+
+module-whatis "HDF5 (Hierarchical Data Format) version \$version"
+
+proc ModulesHelp { } {
+        global version base
+
+        puts stderr ""
+        puts stderr "HDF5 (Hierarchical Data Format) version \$version"
+        puts stderr ""
+}
+
+if {    [module-info mode] == "load"
+     || [module-info mode] == "show"
+     || [module-info mode] == "display" } {
+  if { ! [is-loaded compiler/\$compiler/\$compversion] } {
+    if { [is-loaded compiler/\$compiler] } {
+      module unload compiler/\$compiler
+    }
+    module load compiler/\$compiler/\$compversion
+  }
+  if { ! [is-loaded \$mpipath] } {
+    if { [is-loaded mpi/openmpi] } {
+      module unload mpi/openmpi
+    }
+    module load \$mpipath
+  }
+}
+EOF