Compiling C++ program using H5Cpp.h header file - c++

Question

I'm need to create a HDF5 file. I'm using the H5Cpp.h header file.
I'm trying to compile the C++ code below on OSX 10.11 El Capitan.
#include "include/hdf5-1.10.0-patch1/c++/src/H5Cpp.h"
using namespace H5;
const int NX = 5;
const int NY = 5;
const H5std_string FILE_NAME( "SDS.h5" );
const H5std_string DATASET_NAME( "IntArray" );
int main(){
int i, j;
int data[NX][NY]; // buffer for data to write
for (j = 0; j < NX; j++){
for (i = 0; i < NY; i++)
data[j][i] = i + j;
}
H5File file(FILE_NAME, H5F_ACC_TRUNC);
hsize_t dimsf[2] = {NX, NY};
DataSpace dataspace(2, dimsf);
DataSet dataset = file.createDataSet(DATASET_NAME, PredType::NATIVE_INT,
dataspace);
// Attempt to write data to HDF5 file
dataset.write(data, PredType::NATIVE_DOUBLE);
return 0;
}
I keep getting this error,
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
make: *** [all] Error 1
Here's the verbose output - https://gist.github.com/gkarthik/e21d2f83baffc2d2eb1b883696c44df8
Thanks!

Answer 1

A few tips:
I think that you have to compile the HDF5 library yourself if you haven't the pre-built binaries. At the HDF5 website there are no pre-built binaries for Mac (as far as I can see).
In windows, to compile a C++ application to use the HDF5 library you have to indicate to the linker the following dependencies (in this order), maybe in mac is also imperative:
szip.lib zlib.lib hdf5.lib hdf5_cpp.lib
If you download some pre-built binaries, there is a file that will indicate the steps to compile your C++ program. In windows it is called: "USING_HDF5_CMake.txt" and "USING_HDF5_VS.txt". You can find these files for example here.