[Pkg-octave-devel] liboctave-dev insists on serial version of the hdf5 library

[lukshuntim@gmail.com]

Hi,

I want to install liboctave-dev to use the pkg function and it insists
on the dependency libhdf5-dev which in turn depends on the *serial*
version libhdf5-7.

I already have both libhdf5-openmpi-7 and libhdf5-openmpi-dev installed
which, according to apt-cache showpkg, provide libhdf5-7 and libhdf5-dev
respectively. The trouble is if I install the serial version of hdf5,
there's a conflict leading to their removal and also the *consequential*
removal of other packages that need the parallel version of hdf5 --
something I can't afford. :-(

I understand hdf5 is difficult to deal with but what would be the best
way forward?

Regards,
ST
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