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+*.dat
+*.dat.bz2
diff --git a/src/dlib-data/Readme.md b/src/dlib-data/Readme.md
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+Download and unpack `dlib` data files from https://github.com/davisking/dlib-models repository:
+```shell
+wget https://github.com/davisking/dlib-models/raw/master/dlib_face_recognition_resnet_model_v1.dat.bz2
+wget https://github.com/davisking/dlib-models/raw/master/mmod_human_face_detector.dat.bz2
+wget https://github.com/davisking/dlib-models/raw/master/shape_predictor_5_face_landmarks.dat.bz2
+bunzip *bz2
+```