# Install hdf5 on windows VM

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**Category:** Windows\
**Created:** [October 11, 2021, 2:46am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/install-hdf5-on-windows-vm/12244 "2021-10-11T02:46:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 2:46am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/install-hdf5-on-windows-vm/12244/1 "2021-10-11T02:46:36Z")

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I need to silently install HDF5 libs on windows. But the process hangs as msiexec command without giving any error message, and gets killed after 10 minutes.

I tried the same command locally and everything was fine. And the installation should take no more than one minute.

What could be the problem here? Thanks.

The config I am using:

```auto
language: node_js

node_js:
  - "node"
  - "14"
  - "12"

os:
  - windows

before_install:
  /c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Microsoft\ Visual\ Studio/2017/BuildTools/Common7/Tools/VsDevCmd.bat;
  which cmake;
  wget -q https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases/hdf5-1.12/hdf5-1.12.0/bin/hdf5-1.12.0-Std-win10_64-vs15.zip -O /tmp/hdf5-1.12.0-Std-win10_64-vs15.zip;
      unzip -q /tmp/hdf5-1.12.0-Std-win10_64-vs15.zip;
      ls ./hdf;
      mkdir -p `pwd`/hdf5-1.12.0/dist;
      cd hdf;
      echo `pwd`;
      readlink -f HDF5-1.12.0-win64.msi;
      ls -lastr `pwd`/HDF5-1.12.0-win64.msi;
      msiexec /i `pwd`/HDF5-1.12.0-win64.msi /qn /lv!;
      cd ..;
      which h5dump;
      ls `pwd`/hdf5-1.12.0/dist;
      export HDF5_HOME_WIN=`pwd`/hdf5-1.12.0/dist;

```

Here is the link to the [build](https://app.travis-ci.com/github/baojd42/test_travis/builds/239509544)