This package provides an Interface to the HDF5 API, see also AUTORS file for
copyright notices.
Depending on the operating system the installation of HDF5 library dependencies
and headers may be required. h5 requires an installed version of the hdf5 
library including its C++ API and header files.

1. LINUX 
1.1 DEBIAN-BASED, e.g. UBUNTU
	With Debian-based Linux systems the following commands can be used to 
	install the dependencies:
	$ sudo apt-get install libhdf5-dev
	On older platforms (squeeze, precise) it might be required to install using
	$ sudo apt-get install libhdf5-serial-dev
1.2 RPM-BASED, e.g. FEDORA
	For RPM-BASED platforms the following command can be used:
	$ sudo yum install hdf5-devel

2. MACOSX
	Using MacOSX and Homebrew (http://brew.sh) the following command can be used 
	to install the HDF5 library dependencies and headers:
	$ brew install homebrew/science/hdf5 --enable-cxx

3. WINDOWS
	The h5 package already ships with the compiled version of the HDF library 
	1.8.14 with the C++ API, High-Level (HL) and ZLIB compression enabled for 
	32Bit and 64Bit architectures. The required headers and pre-compiled binaries
	are located at https://github.com/mannau/h5-libwin and are downloaded during
	the installation process by the configure.win script.

	3.1. COMPILATION
	The Library has been compiled using Windows 7 and the following toolchain:
	- Rtools 3.2, see http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools
	- CMake, current version (e.g. 3.2.1), see http://www.cmake.org/download
	- MinGW-64 64Bit 4.6.3 SetJump LongJump (SJLJ) rev. 2, see
	  http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingwbuilds/files/host-windows/releases/
	  4.6.3/64-bit/threads-win32/sjlj
	  Note that MinGW-64 is actually only used for different version of 
	  mingw32-make, which seems to be required by the CMake tool.
	- ZLIB library from Brian Ripley's goodies package, see 
	  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/Rtools/goodies/multilib/local320.zip
	  Unzipped to e.g. C:\local320

	STEPS:
	- SET Windows Environment PATH variable in the following order:
	  <Rtools\bin> <Rtools\gcc-4.6.3\bin> <MinGW64>
	  e.g. for a standard installation of R-tools to c:\Program Files and an
	  installation of MinGW64 to c:\MinGW64 the Path variable should contain
	  C:\Program Files\Rtools\bin;C:\Program Files\Rtools\gcc-4.6.3\bin;C:\MinGW64
	- Download current source of HDF5 (used 1.8.14) from 
	  http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/current/src/hdf5-1.8.14.tar.gz,
	  unpack the current version to e.g. C:\hdf5
	- Install CMake using standard parameters and open.
	- Set CMake Source dir to HDF5 Source, e.g. C:\hdf5; Set build dir to new 
	  directory.
	- The following parameters need to be set manually in the CMake tool (check
	  Advanced Box):
		* BUILD_STATIC_EXECS: check
		* HDF5_BUILD_CPP_LIB: check
		* HDF5_BUILD_HL_LIB: check
		* HDF5_ENABLE_ZLIB_SUPPORT: check
	  * ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR: C:/local320/include
	  For 32Bit Platforms:
	  * ZLIB_LIBRARY: C:/local320/lib/i386/libz.a
	  For 64Bit Platforms:
	  * ZLIB_LIBRARY: C:/local320/lib/x64/libz.a
	  * CMAKE_C_FLAGS: -m64
	  * CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS: -m64
	- After Configuration is finished change to build-dir and compile using
	  $ mingw32-make
