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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd">

<chapter>
  <header>
    <copyright>
      <year>2000</year><year>2014</year>
      <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
    </copyright>
    <legalnotice>
      Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
      you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
      You may obtain a copy of the License at
 
          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

      Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
      distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
      WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
      See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
      limitations under the License.

    </legalnotice>

    <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>
  </section>
</chapter>