diff --git a/web/content/docs/devguide/getting-started/prerequisites/index.md b/web/content/docs/devguide/getting-started/prerequisites/index.md
index e37ffe324adcb2257296a1e9b0007acc1a2efe3b..6583f4f8c6a1f4b808416512f227ef2be2e084a5 100644
--- a/web/content/docs/devguide/getting-started/prerequisites/index.md
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@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ brew install python
 
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-## Optional: Install Qt and other dependencies for the Data Explorer
+## Optional: Install Qt, NetCDF and other dependencies for the Data Explorer
 
 Use [Another Qt installer (`aqt`)](https://github.com/miurahr/aqtinstall) for installing the Qt binaries to some path on your machine:
 
@@ -306,6 +306,8 @@ This will install Qt to `[your-directory]/qt/{{< dataFile "versions.tested_versi
 
 To finish add `[your-directory]/qt/{{< dataFile "versions.tested_version.qt" >}}/msvc2019_64/bin` bin to the `PATH` environment variable.
 
+Install **NetCDF4** by downloading and installing the [official installer](https://downloads.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf-c/4.9.2/netCDF4.9.2-NC4-64.exe). The C++-bindings to NetCDF are automatically build via CPM.
+
 </div>
 
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