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    4. Enjoy pycroscopy!
    
+If you already have pycroscopy installed and want to update to the latest version, use the following command:
+	
+	pip install -U pycroscopy
+   
 If you would like to quickly view HDF5 files generated by and used in pycroscopy, we recommend `HDF View <https://support.hdfgroup.org/products/java/hdfview/>`_
 
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