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<h1>Installation instructions for Microsoft
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Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP</h1>
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It is possible to install <acronym>deal.II</acronym> on Microsoft Windows
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systems as well, using either the <a href="http://www.cygwin.com">Cygwin</a>
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or <a href="http://www.mingw.org">MingW</a> environments
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that provide most of the Unix like features for the Windows system
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as well (such as ``perl'', or ``make''). You simply have to run the
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``./configure'' script on the shell and follow the installation
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instructions in the <a href="../readme.html" target="body">ReadMe</a>
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file. Also, you need to include the <code>deal.II/lib</code> path in your PATH
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environment variable (e.g. by editing your <code>.bash_profile</code>
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file or the Windows registry).
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As far as we know, the only point to consider is that you
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can't use the ``make'' distributed with MingW, but have to
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use the GNU ``make'' from CygWin. If you should encounter other
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problems, we would love to hear about it and will try to provide
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For more details, please have a look at the <a href="faq.html#windows">FAQ section</a>.