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HDF5 for Python
===============
`h5py` is a thin, pythonic wrapper around the `HDF5 <https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/>`_, which runs on Python 2.7, and Python 3 (3.4+).

Websites
--------

* Main website: http://www.h5py.org
* Source code: http://github.com/h5py/h5py
* Mailing list: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/h5py

Installation
------------

Pre-build `h5py` can either be installed via your Python Distribution (e.g.
`Continuum Anaconda`_, `Enthought Canopy`_) or from `PyPI`_ via `pip`_.
`h5py` is also distributed in many Linux Distributions (e.g. Ubuntu, Fedora),
and in the MacOS package managers `Homebrew <https://brew.sh/>`_,
`Macports <https://www.macports.org/>`_, or `Fink <http://finkproject.org/>`_.

More detailed installation instructions, including how to install `h5py` with
MPI support, can be found at: http://docs.h5py.org/en/latest/build.html.


Reporting bugs
--------------

Open a bug at http://github.com/h5py/h5py/issues.  For general questions, ask
on the list (https://groups.google.com/d/forum/h5py).

.. _`Continuum Anaconda`: http://continuum.io/downloads
.. _`Enthought Canopy`: https://www.enthought.com/products/canopy/
.. _`PyPI`: https://pypi.org/project/h5py/
.. _`pip`: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/
