-- Installing on Mandrake 8.0 from http://www.bioconductor.org/package s/devel/distrib/Bioconductor_1.0.tar.gz using R CMD R CMD INSTALL Bioconductor_1.0.tar.gz. Its only error was in rhdf5 which gave the error: Installing *source* package 'rhdf5' ... problem with rhdf5 [... things that are fine] checking hdf5 in /sw... failed configure: error: please specify a valid hdf5 installation with --with-hdf5=DIR ERROR: configuration failed for package 'rhdf5' downloading http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/devel/html/rhdf5.html gave same result. Is this just my system or a general problem? How to fix? Thanks! Andrew A. Reilly Internet: Andrew.Reilly@Wadsworth.Org Voice: 518-473-3493 FAX:518-474-2769 Beeper:518-498-9394. Wadsworth Center for Labs and Research. Rm. C543 Empire State Plaza. P.O. Box 509. Albany, NY 12201-0509

> -- Installing on Mandrake 8.0 from http://www.bioconductor.org/packa ges/devel/distrib/Bioconductor_1.0.tar.gz > using R CMD R CMD INSTALL Bioconductor_1.0.tar.gz. Its only error was in > rhdf5 which gave the error: > Installing *source* package 'rhdf5' ... problem with rhdf5 > [... things that are fine] > checking hdf5 in /sw... failed > configure: error: please specify a valid hdf5 installation with --with-hdf5=DIR > ERROR: configuration failed for package 'rhdf5' > How to fix? You need the HDF library installed. See: http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/