h5c++ command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix h5c++ command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

h5c++: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: h5c++: command not found

Solutions to h5c++: command not found

How To Fix h5c++: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu h5c++ is provided by hdf5-helpers package.

hdf5-helpers is:

Hierarchical Data Format 5 (HDF5) is a file format and library for storing scientific data. HDF5 was designed and implemented to address the deficiencies of HDF4.x. It has a more powerful and flexible data model, supports files larger than 2 GB, and supports parallel I/O.

This package contains helper tools for HDF5.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install hdf5-helpers

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install hdf5-helpers.

sudo apt -y install hdf5-helpers

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install hdf5-helpers

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix h5c++ command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.