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HDF5 for Python
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Websites
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* Main website: http://www.h5py.org
* Source code: http://github.com/h5py/h5py
* Mailing list: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/h5py
For advanced installation options, see http://docs.h5py.org.
Prerequisites
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You need, at a minimum:
* Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.2, 3.3, or 3.4
* NumPy 1.6.1 or later
* The "six" package for Python 2/3 compatibility
To build on UNIX:
* HDF5 1.8.4 or later (on Windows, HDF5 comes with h5py)
* Cython 0.19 or later
* If using Python 2.6, unittest2 is needed to run the tests
Installing on Windows
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Download an installer from http://www.h5py.org and run it.
Installing on UNIX
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Via pip (recommended)::
pip install h5py
From a release tarball or Git checkout::
python setup.py build
python setup.py test # optional
[sudo] python setup.py install
Reporting bugs
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Open a bug at http://github.com/h5py/h5py/issues. For general questions, ask
on the list (https://groups.google.com/d/forum/h5py).
