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Requirements for Microsoft Windows Systems

The desktop tool has the following requirements for client systems running on Microsoft Windows platform:

  1. The tool to extract the decompressed text configuration must be run in a shell environment. If a shell environment is not available on your Windows XP and Windows Vista system, you can download and install the Cygwin software from the following site:

    http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe

  2. You must install the GCC compiler from the following site:

    http://www.mingw.org/

    This compiler is required to run the tool on all Windows platforms.

  3. Choose the option to install "g++ compiler" when prompted during installation. The PATH environment variable must be set properly for the GCC compiler.

    If Perl libraries are not available on your Windows XP and Windows Vista platforms, you must install Active Perl from the following site:

    http://www.activestate.com


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