Change the working directory to the HDF5 directory:

cd path-to/hdf5-1.6.3
	  

Set compiler environment variables, for example,

For an sh-type shell:

CC=gcc
CXX=g++
export CC CXX
	  

For an csh-type shell:

setenv CC gcc
setenv CXX g++
	  

Configure HDF5:

./configure --enable-threadsafe --with-pthread=/usr --prefix=/usr/local/hdf5
	  

This will install HDF5 binaries, libraries, header files, and tools in /usr/local/hdf5.

Build HDF5:

make all
	  

Become root user and install HDF5:

su -
make install	    
	  

Leave the root account by typing exit.