# ParaView 5.1.2 crashes when I try to open .h5 files

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-1-2-crashes-when-i-try-to-open-h5-files/739
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [October 16, 2018, 12:18pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-1-2-crashes-when-i-try-to-open-h5-files/739 "2018-10-16T12:18:43Z")
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### Author: ![parcuri](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@parcuri](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/parcuri)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2018, 12:18pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-1-2-crashes-when-i-try-to-open-h5-files/739/1 "2018-10-16T12:18:43Z")

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I’m trying to install Paraview and open a file with extension .h5.  
My operating system is Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch), I have downloaded ParaView from the official repository

paraview --version  
paraview version 5.1.2

When I try to open a .h5 file I get this error

```auto
ERROR: In /build/paraview-NOjbRJ/paraview-5.1.2+dfsg1/ParaViewCore/ServerImplementation/Core/vtkSIProxy.cxx, line 310
vtkSISourceProxy (0x55a6eb4fd4e0): Failed to create vtkXdmfReader. Aborting for debugging purposes.

```

I also tried to download the latest version of the library, compile it and execute it but when I try to open the same file I get this kind of error.

```auto
ERROR: In /home/../ParaView-v5.6.0-RC2/VTK/IO/VeraOut/vtkVeraOutReader.cxx, line 253
vtkVeraOutReader (0x564c42e5f660): Can't open group /CORE

```

Can someone help me? I hope is the right place for this kind of support.

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2018, 12:53pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-1-2-crashes-when-i-try-to-open-h5-files/739/2 "2018-10-16T12:53:46Z")

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Can you try with the last release of ParaView  
[https://www.paraview.org/download/](https://www.paraview.org/download/)

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### Author: ![parcuri](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@parcuri](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/parcuri)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-1-2-crashes-when-i-try-to-open-h5-files/739/3 "2018-10-18T16:44:52Z")

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Yes, I’m trying right now with the latest version. I’ve downloaded the directly the binary and this version doesn’t crash. I have changed the file too because it gives me an error and maybe it is not well-formed.

But the 5.6.0 version seems to be working.

Thanks!