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    <title>Installing the Binary Release</title>
    <prepared>Peter H&ouml;gfeldt</prepared>
    <responsible>Peter H&ouml;gfeldt</responsible>
    <docno></docno>
    <approved>(Peter H&ouml;gfeldt</approved>
    <checked></checked>
    <date>1997-05-26</date>
    <rev>C</rev>
    <file>install-binary.xml</file>
  </header>
  <section>
    <title>Windows</title>
    <p>The system is delivered as a Windows Installer executable.
    Get it from http://www.erlang.org/download.html</p>

    <section>
      <title>Installing</title>
      <p>The installation procedure is automated. Double-click the
        <c>.exe</c> file icon and follow the instructions.</p>
    </section>

    <section>
    <title>Verifying</title>
    <list type="bulleted">
      <item>
        <p>Start Erlang/OTP by double-clicking on the Erlang shortcut icon on the
          desktop.</p>
        <p>Expect a command-line window to pop up with an output looking
	something like this:</p>
        <pre>
  Erlang/OTP 17 [erts-6.0] [64-bit] [smp:2:2]

  Eshell V6.0  (abort with ^G)
  1></pre>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p>Exit by entering the command <c>halt()</c>.</p>
        <pre>
  2> <input>halt().</input></pre>
        <p>This closes the Erlang/OTP shell.</p>
      </item>
    </list>
    </section>
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