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 # libhkl
-Build the hkl library for hklpy
+
+Build the *hkl*  C library (described here as
+[*libhkl*](https://people.debian.org/~picca/hkl/hkl.html#)) for
+[hklpy](https://github.com/bluesky/hklpy). Publish on
+[conda-forge](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/hkl) using the
+[hkl-feedstock](https://github.com/conda-forge/hkl-feedstock).