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+#! /bin/bash
+
+# check if the directory $1/H5HUT exist
+
+if [ -d "$1/H5HUT" ]; then
+  echo "H5HUT already installed"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+rm H5hut-1.99.13.tar.gz
+rm -rf H5hut-1.99.13
+wget http://ppmcore.mpi-cbg.de/upload/H5hut-1.99.13.tar.gz
+tar -xf H5hut-1.99.13.tar.gz
+cd H5hut-1.99.13
+sh ./autogen.sh
+./configure --with-hdf5=$1/HDF5 --enable-parallel --prefix=$1/H5HUT
+make -j 4
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "H5HUT error installing"
+    exit 0
+fi
+mkdir $1/H5HUT
+make install