/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/hdf5/openmpi/libhdf5_hl.a is in libhdf5-openmpi-dev 1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.
This file is owned by root:root, with mode 0o777.
It is a symlink to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/hdf5/openmpi/../../libhdf5_openmpi_hl.a