# OGS - Build Step for HDF5 failed

**URL:** <https://discourse.opengeosys.org/t/ogs-build-step-for-hdf5-failed/1500>\
**Category:** Help & Support\
**Created:** [August 15, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/t/ogs-build-step-for-hdf5-failed/1500 "2024-08-15T13:42:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![sreeram.datasci](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/user_avatar/discourse.opengeosys.org/sreeram.datasci/32/1278_2.png) [@sreeram.datasci](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/u/sreeram.datasci)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/t/ogs-build-step-for-hdf5-failed/1500/1 "2024-08-15T13:42:10Z")

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Dear Team

While building OGS through CMAKE I am unable to move forward due to following error.

 ![image](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c72cf6df7db0336e8a8992bb4c4d79f8976c03cb.png)

Please suggest me a way forward

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**Author:** ![chleh](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/user_avatar/discourse.opengeosys.org/chleh/32/854_2.png) [@chleh](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/u/chleh)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 6:17am UTC](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/t/ogs-build-step-for-hdf5-failed/1500/2 "2024-08-22T06:17:07Z")

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Does anything come after the line “See also”? Did you check that?

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**Author:** ![sreeram.datasci](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/user_avatar/discourse.opengeosys.org/sreeram.datasci/32/1278_2.png) [@sreeram.datasci](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/u/sreeram.datasci)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/t/ogs-build-step-for-hdf5-failed/1500/4 "2024-08-22T17:15:57Z")

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Hello Christoph - Thank you for your response.

CMAKE Log.txt. attached for your perusal. Please review it and extending your help to fix this issue. I have been struggling since a month to generate an .exe file.

[CMake Log.docx](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/uploads/short-url/8yIO2asGYSoDZDswLgyA1Cm60pO.docx) (14.5 KB)

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**Author:** ![chleh](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/user_avatar/discourse.opengeosys.org/chleh/32/854_2.png) [@chleh](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/u/chleh)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 7:35am UTC](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/t/ogs-build-step-for-hdf5-failed/1500/5 "2024-08-26T07:35:44Z")

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The error message suggests to take a look into `C:/Users/LENOVO/BUILD/release/_ext/HDF5/logs/HDF5-build.log`. Did you do that?

Best regards,  
Christoph