# Cannot download hdfview on Ubuntu 20.04

**URL:** <https://forum.hdfgroup.org/t/cannot-download-hdfview-on-ubuntu-20-04/8866>\
**Category:** HDFView / Java HDF Object Package\
**Created:** [August 20, 2021, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/t/cannot-download-hdfview-on-ubuntu-20-04/8866 "2021-08-20T02:17:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![steven](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/user_avatar/forum.hdfgroup.org/steven/32/117_2.png) [@steven](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/u/steven)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/t/cannot-download-hdfview-on-ubuntu-20-04/8866/2 "2021-08-20T03:10:45Z")

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You might be interested in checking out my previous post on the topic:

> [@Installation of the HDFView on Linux Mint](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/t/installation-of-the-hdfview-on-linux-mint/8061/2):
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> AFAIK the 3.x.y series does no justice to the HDF5 data system: the selection during plotting freezes a most recent I7 4.8GHz processor. From the [support portal](https://confluence.hdfgroup.org/display/support/HDFView+2.14#files) download [HdfView 2.14 for centos 7.0](https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases/HDF-JAVA/hdfview-2.14/bin/HDFView-2.14-centos7_64.tar.gz) mkdir /opt/hdfview && cd /opt/hdfview cp /path-to-download/HDFView-2.14-centos7\_64.tar.gz ./ tar -xzf HDFView-2.14-centos7\_64.tar.gz ./HDFView-2.14.0-Linux.sh Accept licence, which is y then the second question: Do you want to include the subdirectory HDFView-2.14.0-Linux? Saying no will install…

best wishes:  
steven

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