cannot install gmsh in oneiric: anyone tried precise?

[Rigved Rakshit]

>
> However, it seems that octave, dx, scilab, and grace depend on
> libhdf5-serial-1.8.4. Do you know if this is true in precise?
>

octave depends on libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 or libhdf5-1.8.4
dx depends on libhdf4-0-alt
scilab depends on libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 or libhdf5-1.8.4
grace does not depend on any libhdf package


> I'm installing gmsh to work with octave.
>

gmsh depends on libmed1
libmed1 depends on libhdf5-openmpi-1.8.4
libhdf5-openmpi-1.8.4 conflicts with libhdf5-1.8, libhdf5-1.8.3 and
libhdf5-1.8.4

It is because of this conflict that libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 is to be removed.

Looking through all the files installed by libhdf5-openmpi-1.8.4 and
libhdf5-serial-1.8.4, the following files are present in both the packages.

/usr/lib/libhdf5.so.6
/usr/lib/libhdf5.so.6.0.3
/usr/lib/libhdf5_fortran.so.6
/usr/lib/libhdf5_fortran.so.6.0.3
/usr/lib/libhdf5_hl.so.6
/usr/lib/libhdf5_hl.so.6.0.3
/usr/lib/libhdf5hl_fortran.so.6
/usr/lib/libhdf5hl_fortran.so.6.0.3

These files are causing the conflict.

Also, libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 contains some extra cpp files which are not
present in libhdf5-openmpi-1.8.4:

/usr/lib/libhdf5_cpp.so.6
/usr/lib/libhdf5_cpp.so.6.0.3
/usr/lib/libhdf5_hl_cpp.so.6
/usr/lib/libhdf5_hl_cpp.so.6.0.3

Assuming libhdf5-openmpi-1.8.4 is a replacement for libhdf5-serial-1.8.4,
you can go ahead and use gmsh with octave. Otherwise, it will be a problem.

Best Regards,
Rigved Rakshit
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