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User's Guide
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Chapters

- Installing the Binary Release
  - Top of chapter
  - Windows
- Building and Installing Erlang/OTP
  - Top of chapter
  - Introduction
  - Required Utilities
  - Optional Utilities
  - How to Build and Install Erlang/OTP
  - Advanced configuration and build of Erlang/OTP
  - Known platform issues
  - Daily Build and Test
  - Authors
  - Copyright and License
- Cross Compiling Erlang/OTP
  - Top of chapter
  - Introduction
  - Build and Install Procedure
  - Building and Installing the Documentation
  - Testing the cross compiled system
  - Currently Used Configuration Variables
  - Copyright and License
- How to Build Erlang/OTP on Windows
  - Top of chapter
  - Introduction
  - Frequently Asked Questions
  - Tools you Need and Their Environment
  - The Shell Environment
  - Building and Installing
  - Development
  - Using GIT
  - Final Words
  - Copyright and License
- Patching OTP Applications
  - Top of chapter
  - Introduction
  - Prerequisites
  - Using otp_patch_apply
  - Sanity check

# 1 Installing the Binary Release

### 1.1 Windows

#### Introduction

The system is delivered as a Windows Installer executable. Get it from our download page.

#### Installation

The installation procedure is is automated. Double-click the .exe file icon and follow the instructions.

#### Verification

- Start Erlang/OTP by double-clicking on the Erlang shortcut icon on the desktop.

  Expect a command line window to pop up with an output looking something like this:

        Erlang/OTP 17 [erts-6.0] [64-bit] [smp:2:2]

        Eshell V6.0  (abort with ^G)
        1>

- Exit by entering the command halt(),

        2> halt().

  which will close the Erlang/OTP shell.