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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>
      The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
      Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
      compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the
      Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
      retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/.

      Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
      basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
      the License for the specific language governing rights 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>