Install python package PyTables 2.4 failure

Question

For some reason, I have to install PyTables 2.4 in Python 2.7, but there always are some problems that I can't solve.

It shows like below. I used Ubuntu OS. I have installed the HDF5 and set HDF5_DIR path. 安装报错

I don't know how to handle it. wish you guys can help me. thanks.

Answer 1

It seems that your hdf5 path is incorrect. AFAIK, generally, the error -l<libraryName> occur when your symbolic link is broken. A solution is to ld the library in verbose mode:

 ld -l<libraryName> --verbose

to see where the OS look for library, and make correspond link
See this post (especially dcarrith's answer) for more details.

Hope this help!