Third-Party Software
This section covers the custom installation of third-party software.
HDF5
In order to build HDF5 from source, clone the repository and compile with CMake:
$ cd /tmp/ $ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5.git $ cd hdf5/ $ mkdir build && cd build/ $ cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release \ -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON -DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=OFF \ -DHDF5_BUILD_TOOLS:BOOL=OFF -DHDF5_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \ -DHDF5_BUILD_FORTRAN=ON -DHDF5_BUILD_JAVA=ON \ -DZLIB_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=/usr/lib/libz.so \ -DZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=/usr/include \ -DCMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER=gfortran -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=gcc .. $ cmake --build . --config Release
You may have to change the path to the zlib dependency. Change argument
CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER to ifx and argument CMAKE_C_COMPILER to icx if
you want to build with Intel oneAPI instead. Install the library to /opt:
$ sudo cmake --install . --prefix /opt
libcurl
If the locally available version of libcurl is too old, we can build the current version simply from source. Detailed instructions are listed on the official website. Download the latest release, in this example, version 8.12.1, unpack the archive, and create a Makefile:
$ cd /tmp/ $ curl -O -L -s https://github.com/curl/curl/releases/download/curl-8_12_1/curl-8.12.1.tar.gz $ tar xfvz curl-8.12.1.tar.gz $ cd curl-8.12.1/ $ ./configure --with-openssl --prefix=/opt
Then, build and install the library to /opt:
$ make $ sudo make install $ /opt/bin/curl --version
Pass the parameter LIBCURL="-Wl,-rpath=/opt/lib -L/opt/lib -lcurl" to the
DMPACK Makefile, for example:
$ make linux LIBCURL="-Wl,-rpath=/opt/lib -L/opt/lib -lcurl"
libmodbus
If a package of libmodbus is not available on the targeted Linux distribution, the latest version can be built from source. Additionally, autoconf, automake, libtool, and a C compiler must be present. Download the latest release, then generate a Makefile:
$ cd /tmp/ $ curl -O -L -s https://github.com/stephane/libmodbus/releases/download/v3.1.11/libmodbus-3.1.11.tar.gz $ tar xfvz libmodbus-3.1.11.tar.gz $ cd libmodbus-3.1.11/ $ ./configure --prefix=/opt
Finally, build and install the library to /opt:
$ make $ sudo make install
Pass the parameter LIBMODBUS="-Wl,-rpath=/opt/lib -L/opt/lib -lmodbus" to the
DMPACK Makefile.
libstrophe
DMPACK requires the XMPP client library libstrophe 0.13.1 or newer. On Linux, build the latest version from source if a package is not available. Either expat or libxml2 must be installed, alongside OpenSSL or GnuTLS. First, download the latest release and create a Makefile:
$ cd /tmp/ $ curl -O -L -s https://github.com/strophe/libstrophe/releases/download/0.13.1/libstrophe-0.13.1.tar.gz $ tar xfvz libstrophe-0.13.1.tar.gz $ cd libstrophe-0.13.1/ $ ./configure --prefix=/opt
Then, build and install the library:
$ make $ sudo make install
Pass the parameter LIBSTROPHE="-Wl,-rpath=/opt/lib -L/opt/lib -lstrophe" to
the DMPACK Makefile.
SQLite 3
DMPACK depends on SQLite 3.39.0 or newer. If only an outdated package is available in the package repository of the operating system, compile the latest release from source, in this case, version 3.49.0:
$ cd /tmp/ $ curl -O -L -s https://www.sqlite.org/2025/sqlite-src-3490000.zip $ unzip sqlite-src-3490000.zip $ cd sqlite-src-3490000/ $ ./configure --prefix=/opt
Change the prefix to the desired installation directory. Build and install SQLite 3, then test the command-line utility:
$ make $ sudo make install $ /opt/bin/sqlite3 --version
Pass the parameter LIBSQLITE3="-Wl,-rpath=/opt/lib -L/opt/lib -lsqlite3" to
the DMPACK Makefile.
Zstandard
If the Zstandard version provided in the Linux package repository is too old to be compatible with DMPACK, we can compile the library from source. Download the latest release and build with CMake:
$ cd /tmp/ $ curl -O -L -s https://github.com/facebook/zstd/releases/download/v1.5.6/zstd-1.5.6.tar.gz $ tar xfvz zstd-1.5.6.tar.gz $ cd zstd-1.5.6/build/cmake/ $ mkdir build && cd build/ $ cmake .. $ cmake --build . --config Release $ sudo cmake --install . --prefix /opt
Change the prefix to the desired installation directory. Execute the Zstandard command-line utility to verify the installation:
$ /opt/bin/zstd --version
Pass the parameter LIBZSTD="-Wl,-rpath=/opt/lib -L/opt/lib -lzstd" to
the DMPACK Makefile.