Install h5py in Mac OS X 10.6.3

Question

I'm trying to install h5py in Mac OS X 10.6.3.

First I installed HDF5 1.8, which used the following commands:

./configure \
--prefix=/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current \
--enable-shared \
--enable-production \
--enable-threadsafe \
CPPFLAGS=-I/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/include \
LDFLAGS=-L/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/lib

make
make check
sudo make install

Then install h5py:

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/python \
setup.py \
build \
--api=18 \
--hdf5=/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current

Then I got the errors:

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Configure: Autodetecting HDF5 settings... Custom HDF5 dir: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current Custom API level: (1, 8) ld: warning: in detect/vers.o, file was built for unsupported file format which is not the architecture being linked (i386)

ld: warning: in /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/lib/libhdf5.dylib, file was built for unsupported file format which is not the architecture being linked (i386)

Undefined symbols: "_main", referenced from: start in crt1.10.5.o

ld: symbol(s) not found

collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Failed to compile HDF5 test program.  Please check to make sure:

* You have a C compiler installed
* A development version of Python is installed (including header files)
* A development version of HDF5 is installed (including header files)
* If HDF5 is not in a default location, supply the argument --hdf5=<path>

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error: command 'cc' failed with exit status 1

I just updated my Xcode, I don't know whether this is because my gcc's default setting. If so, how can I get rid of this error?

Thanks.

Answer 1

If you use macports try: py26-h5py