I get this error downloading HDF5 on Cori at NERSC and it has worked before. This is on maint.
=============================================================================== =============================================================================== Trying to download https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/current18/src/hdf5-1.8.18.tar.gz for HDF5 =============================================================================== =============================================================================== Trying to download http://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/petsc/externalpackages/hdf5-1.8.18.tar.gz for HDF5 =============================================================================== =============================================================================== Trying to download ftp://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/petsc/externalpackages/hdf5-1.8.18.tar.gz for HDF5 =============================================================================== ******************************************************************************* UNABLE to CONFIGURE with GIVEN OPTIONS (see configure.log for details): ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Error during download/extract/detection of HDF5: file could not be opened successfully Downloaded package HDF5 from: https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/current18/src/hdf5-1.8.18.tar.gz is not a tarball. [or installed python cannot process compressed files] * If you are behind a firewall - please fix your proxy and rerun ./configure For example at LANL you may need to set the environmental variable http_proxy (or HTTP_PROXY?) to http://proxyout.lanl.gov * You can run with --with-packages-dir=/adirectory and ./configure will instruct you what packages to download manually * or you can download the above URL manually, to /yourselectedlocation/hdf5-1.8.18.tar.gz and use the configure option: --download-hdf5=/yourselectedlocation/hdf5-1.8.18.tar.gz Unable to download package HDF5 from: http://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/petsc/externalpackages/hdf5-1.8.18.tar.gz * If URL specified manually - perhaps there is a typo? * If your network is disconnected - please reconnect and rerun ./configure * Or perhaps you have a firewall blocking the download * You can run with --with-packages-dir=/adirectory and ./configure will instruct you what packages to download manually * or you can download the above URL manually, to /yourselectedlocation/hdf5-1.8.18.tar.gz and use the configure option: --download-hdf5=/yourselectedlocation/hdf5-1.8.18.tar.gz Unable to download package HDF5 from: ftp://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/petsc/externalpackages/hdf5-1.8.18.tar.gz * If URL specified manually - perhaps there is a typo? * If your network is disconnected - please reconnect and rerun ./configure * Or perhaps you have a firewall blocking the download * You can run with --with-packages-dir=/adirectory and ./configure will instruct you what packages to download manually * or you can download the above URL manually, to /yourselectedlocation/hdf5-1.8.18.tar.gz and use the configure option: --download-hdf5=/yourselectedlocation/hdf5-1.8.18.tar.gz *******************************************************************************