====== Installation of MED on Linux ======

The MED format is built on top of <color darkorange>HDF5</color> and as such, requires the HDF5 library and tools.\\
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After installing HDF5, you can download the MED sources from here [[http://files.salome-platform.org/Salome/medfile/med-4.1.1.tar.gz|here]] 
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Uncompress them and run the following commands from the uncompressed folder:
<code>
./configure CFLAGS=-O2 CXXFLAGS=-O2 FFLAGS=-O2 --disable-python
make
sudo make install
</code>
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If HDF5 is not installed using your package manager, you need to replace:
<code>
./configure
</code>
with
<code>
./configure --with-hdf5=<path-to-hdf5>
</code>
Where <color darkorange><path-to-hdf5></color> is the path to your HDF5 installation.\\
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If you want to specify where to install the MED library (required if you don't have sudo rights), replace: 
<code>
./configure
</code>
with
<code>
./configure --prefix=<install-path>
</code>
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Where <color darkorange><install-path></color> is the path where you want to install the MED library.\\
This folder must not be the one containing the sources.