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 patch -p1 < installation/patch/nameOfPatch
 ```
 
-## Available patches
-
-  * **disable_HDF5** disables all HDF5 output.
-    HDF5 output is an experimental feature. Also, some routines not present in HDF5 1.8.x are removed to allow compilation of DAMASK with HDF5 < 1.10.x
-
-  * **disable_old_output** disables all non-HDF5 output.
-    Saves some memory when using only HDF5 output
-
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