check_jb tar xfz ${SOURCE_DIR}/hdf5-1.4.4.tar.gz -C ${INSTALL_ROOT}
+### modify libhdf5.la file to correct direct path to hdf5 library
+### no need to do this for sources installation because 'make install' does it!
+cd ${PRODUCT_DIR}/lib
+sed -e "s%^libdir='\(.*\)'%libdir='${PRODUCT_DIR}/lib'%g" libhdf5.la > libhdf5.la.new
+mv -f libhdf5.la.new libhdf5.la
+
print_env
}