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+# jf-live-writer
+
+## Install PHDF5 manually 
+```
+wget https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases/hdf5-1.10/hdf5-1.10.7/src/hdf5-1.10.7.tar.gz
+tar -xzf hdf5-1.10.7.tar.gz
+cd hdf5-1.10.7
+./configure --enable-parallel
+make
+make install
+```
+