C compiler cannot create executables when installing h4toh5 on debian

This is the first time to install from source code in my life so thank you for any help.

I am trying to install h4toh5 utility which could allow converting a hdf4 to hdf5 file. After a long process of reading online, I figured out how to configure.

./configure CC=/usr/bin/h4cc --with-hdf5=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --prefix=/home/cyue/Documents/tools 

The installation instruction says I have to use the h4cc to compile: The HDF4 Library installs h4cc scripts which can replace cc. h4cc should be specified as the C Compiler. This can be done by passing the following to the configure script:

CC=<hdf4directory>/bin/h4cc 

At the beginning I don't have this but after installing HDF4-tools I confirm that I have /usr/bin/h4cc on my system. However, I am having final error like this:

 checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no checking for ranlib... ranlib checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking shell variables initial values... done checking for gcc... /usr/bin/h4cc checking whether the C compiler works... no configure: error: in `/home/cyue/Downloads/h4h5tools-2.2.2': configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables See `config.log' for more details. 

The detailed config.log:

 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake. It was created by H4H5Tools configure 2.2.2, which was generated by GNU Autoconf 2.65. Invocation command line was $ ./configure CC=/usr/bin/h4cc --with-hdf5=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --prefix=/home/cyue/Documents/tools ## --------- ## ## Platform. ## ## --------- ## hostname = LGGE130 uname -m = x86_64 uname -r = 3.16.0-4-amd64 uname -s = Linux uname -v = #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt11-1+deb8u3 (2015-08-04) /usr/bin/uname -p = unknown /bin/uname -X = unknown /bin/arch = unknown /usr/bin/arch -k = unknown /usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown /usr/bin/hostinfo = unknown /bin/machine = unknown /usr/bin/oslevel = unknown /bin/universe = unknown PATH: /usr/local/bin PATH: /usr/bin PATH: /bin PATH: /usr/local/games PATH: /usr/games PATH: /var/cfengine/bin ## ----------- ## ## Core tests. ## ## ----------- ## configure:2142: checking for a BSD-compatible install configure:2210: result: /usr/bin/install -c configure:2221: checking whether build environment is sane configure:2271: result: yes configure:2412: checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p configure:2451: result: /bin/mkdir -p configure:2464: checking for gawk configure:2480: found /usr/bin/gawk configure:2491: result: gawk configure:2502: checking whether make sets $(MAKE) configure:2524: result: yes configure:2605: checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles configure:2614: result: no configure:2670: checking for ranlib configure:2686: found /usr/bin/ranlib configure:2697: result: ranlib configure:2724: checking build system type configure:2738: result: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu configure:2758: checking host system type configure:2771: result: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu configure:2794: checking shell variables initial values ACLOCAL='${SHELL} /home/cyue/Downloads/h4h5tools-2.2.2/bin/missing --run aclocal-1.11' AMTAR='${SHELL} /home/cyue/Downloads/h4h5tools-2.2.2/bin/missing --run tar' AUTOCONF='${SHELL} /home/cyue/Downloads/h4h5tools-2.2.2/bin/missing --run autoconf' AUTOHEADER='${SHELL} /home/cyue/Downloads/h4h5tools-2.2.2/bin/missing --run autoheader' AUTOMAKE='${SHELL} 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This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. gcc: error: /usr/lib/libmfhdf.a: No such file or directory gcc: error: /usr/lib/libdf.a: No such file or directory configure:3124: $? = 0 configure:3113: /usr/bin/h4cc -v >&5 gcc: error: /usr/lib/libmfhdf.a: No such file or directory gcc: error: /usr/lib/libdf.a: No such file or directory Using built-in specs. 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| return 0; | } configure:3213: error: in `/home/cyue/Downloads/h4h5tools-2.2.2': configure:3217: error: C compiler cannot create executables See `config.log' for more details. ## ---------------- ## ## Cache variables. ## ## ---------------- ## ac_cv_build=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu ac_cv_env_CC_set=set ac_cv_env_CC_value=/usr/bin/h4cc ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_set= ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_value= ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_set= ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_value= ac_cv_env_CPP_set= ac_cv_env_CPP_value= ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_set= ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_value= ac_cv_env_LIBS_set= ac_cv_env_LIBS_value= ac_cv_env_build_alias_set= ac_cv_env_build_alias_value= ac_cv_env_host_alias_set= ac_cv_env_host_alias_value= ac_cv_env_target_alias_set= ac_cv_env_target_alias_value= ac_cv_host=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu ac_cv_path_install='/usr/bin/install -c' ac_cv_path_mkdir=/bin/mkdir ac_cv_prog_AWK=gawk ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC=/usr/bin/h4cc ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_RANLIB=ranlib ac_cv_prog_make_make_set=yes ## ----------------- ## ## Output variables. ## ## ----------------- ## ACLOCAL='${SHELL} /home/cyue/Downloads/h4h5tools-2.2.2/bin/missing --run aclocal-1.11' AMDEPBACKSLASH='' AMDEP_FALSE='' AMDEP_TRUE='' AMTAR='${SHELL} /home/cyue/Downloads/h4h5tools-2.2.2/bin/missing --run tar' AR='' AUTOCONF='${SHELL} /home/cyue/Downloads/h4h5tools-2.2.2/bin/missing --run autoconf' AUTOHEADER='${SHELL} /home/cyue/Downloads/h4h5tools-2.2.2/bin/missing --run autoheader' AUTOMAKE='${SHELL} /home/cyue/Downloads/h4h5tools-2.2.2/bin/missing --run automake-1.11' AWK='gawk' CC='/usr/bin/h4cc' CCDEPMODE='' CFLAGS='' CPP='' CPPFLAGS='' CYGPATH_W='echo' DEFS='' DEPDIR='' ECHO_C='' ECHO_N='-n' ECHO_T='' EGREP='' EXEEXT='' GREP='' H4_USE_FILTER_SZIP='' H5_USE_FILTER_SZIP='' H5_USE_FILTER_ZLIB='' H5_USE_HDFEOS2='' H5_USE_SZIP_ENCODER='' HDF5PATH='' INSTALL_DATA='${INSTALL} -m 644' INSTALL_PROGRAM='${INSTALL}' INSTALL_SCRIPT='${INSTALL}' INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM='$(install_sh) -c -s' LDFLAGS='' LD_LIBRARY_PATH='' LIBHDF5='' LIBOBJS='' LIBS='' LTLIBOBJS='' LT_STATIC_EXEC='' MAINT='#' MAINTAINER_MODE_FALSE='' MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE='#' MAKEINFO='${SHELL} /home/cyue/Downloads/h4h5tools-2.2.2/bin/missing --run makeinfo' MKDIR_P='/bin/mkdir -p' OBJEXT='' PACKAGE='h4h5tools' PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='[email protected]' PACKAGE_NAME='H4H5Tools' PACKAGE_STRING='H4H5Tools 2.2.2' PACKAGE_TARNAME='h4h5tools' PACKAGE_URL='' PACKAGE_VERSION='2.2.2' PARALLEL='' PATH_SEPARATOR=':' PERL='' RANLIB='ranlib' RUNPARALLEL='' RUNSERIAL='' SEARCH='' SETX='' SET_MAKE='' SHELL='/bin/bash' STRIP='' TESTPARALLEL='' VERSION='2.2.2' ac_ct_CC='/usr/bin/h4cc' am__EXEEXT_FALSE='' am__EXEEXT_TRUE='' am__fastdepCC_FALSE='' am__fastdepCC_TRUE='' am__include='' am__isrc='' am__leading_dot='.' am__quote='' am__tar='${AMTAR} chof - "$$tardir"' am__untar='${AMTAR} xf -' bindir='${exec_prefix}/bin' build='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu' build_alias='' build_cpu='x86_64' build_os='linux-gnu' build_vendor='unknown' datadir='${datarootdir}' datarootdir='${prefix}/share' docdir='${datarootdir}/doc/${PACKAGE_TARNAME}' dvidir='${docdir}' exec_prefix='NONE' host='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu' host_alias='' host_cpu='x86_64' host_os='linux-gnu' host_vendor='unknown' htmldir='${docdir}' includedir='${prefix}/include' infodir='${datarootdir}/info' install_sh='${SHELL} /home/cyue/Downloads/h4h5tools-2.2.2/bin/install-sh' libdir='${exec_prefix}/lib' libexecdir='${exec_prefix}/libexec' localedir='${datarootdir}/locale' localstatedir='${prefix}/var' mandir='${datarootdir}/man' mkdir_p='/bin/mkdir -p' oldincludedir='/usr/include' pdfdir='${docdir}' prefix='/home/cyue/Documents/tools' program_transform_name='s,x,x,' psdir='${docdir}' sbindir='${exec_prefix}/sbin' sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com' sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc' target_alias='' ## ------------------- ## ## File substitutions. ## ## ------------------- ## COMMENCE='' CONCLUDE='' DEPEND='' ## ----------- ## ## confdefs.h. ## ## ----------- ## /* confdefs.h */ #define PACKAGE_NAME "H4H5Tools" #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "h4h5tools" #define PACKAGE_VERSION "2.2.2" #define PACKAGE_STRING "H4H5Tools 2.2.2" #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "[email protected]" #define PACKAGE_URL "" #define PACKAGE "h4h5tools" #define VERSION "2.2.2" configure: exit 77 

However I did try to compile using gcc a hello.c and it works fine. Could anyone give me some hints? Thank you in advance !!