[R] h5r package: cannot find hdf5

[Pedro Montenegro]

I'm new to R and Linux, and I have an issue I didn't see solved on the
internet.

I'm using Ubuntu Mate and installed R version 2.11 since the current
version does not support R-kinetics.
What happens is that I have hdf5 headers and libraries installed

$ whereis hdf5
hdf5: /usr/include/hdf5

But when I'm installing the package inside R (install.packages) or outside
R (R CMD INSTALL) the program reports the following error:

> install.packages('h5r')
Warning in install.packages("h5r") :
  argument 'lib' is missing: using
'/home/pedro/R/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-library/2.11'
Warning message:
In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) :
  package ‘h5r’ is not available
> install.packages('/home/pedro/h5r_1.4.7.tar.gz',repos=NULL,type='source')
Warning in install.packages("/home/pedro/h5r_1.4.7.tar.gz", repos = NULL,  :
  argument 'lib' is missing: using
'/home/pedro/R/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-library/2.11'
* installing *source* package ‘h5r’ ...
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed


checking for library containing inflate... -lz
checking for library containing H5open... no
configure: error: Can't find HDF5
ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘h5r’
* removing ‘/home/pedro/R/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-library/2.11/h5r’
Warning message:
In install.packages("/home/pedro/h5r_1.4.7.tar.gz", repos = NULL,  :
  installation of package '/home/pedro/h5r_1.4.7.tar.gz' had non-zero exit
status.

I tried to reinstall HDF5, R and even the whole OS and do it all over
again. Also tried to add the library to the environment table, do it from
the library's directory and nothing works.

Is there someone who had the same error and was able to solve it?
Is there someone who as a clue how to solve?

I'm sorry if there is a similar post around, I've seen some but I don't
find one where the problem is solved.
Best regards!

*Pedro*

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