hdf5-tools software package provides Hierarchical Data Format 5 (HDF5) - Runtime tools, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install hdf5-tools
hdf5-tools is installed in your system.
Make ensure the hdf5-tools package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep hdf5-tools *
You will get with hdf5-tools package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Science |
| Package | hdf5-tools |
| Version | 1.8.4-patch1-3ubuntu2 |
| Description | Hierarchical Data Format 5 (HDF5) - Runtime tools |
| Sub Section | Science |