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title: Installation instructions for Windows
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# Binaries
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## Download stable binaries
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All versions of Geth are built and available for download at https://geth.ethereum.org/downloads/.
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The download page provides an installer as well as a zip file. The installer puts geth into your
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PATH automatically. The zip file contains the command .exe files and can be used without installing.
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1. Download zip file
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1. Extract geth.exe from zip
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1. Open a command prompt
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1. chdir <path to geth.exe>
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1. open geth.exe
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# Source
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## Compiling geth with tools from chocolatey
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The Chocolatey package manager provides an easy way to get
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the required build tools installed. If you don't have chocolatey yet,
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follow the instructions on https://chocolatey.org to install it first.
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Then open an Administrator command prompt and install the build tools
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we need:
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```text
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C:\Windows\system32> choco install git
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C:\Windows\system32> choco install golang
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C:\Windows\system32> choco install mingw
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```
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Installing these packages will set up the `Path` environment variable.
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Open a new command prompt to get the new `Path`. The following steps don't
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need Administrator privileges.
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Please ensure that the installed Go version is 1.7 (or any later version).
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First we'll create and set up a Go workspace directory layout,
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then clone the source.
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***OBS*** If, during the commands below, you get the following message:
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```
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WARNING: The data being saved is truncated to 1024 characters.
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```
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Then that means that the `setx` command will fail, and proceeding will truncate the `Path`/`GOPATH`. If this happens, it's better to abort, and try to make some more room in `Path` before trying again.
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```text
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C:\Users\xxx> set "GOPATH=%USERPROFILE%"
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C:\Users\xxx> set "Path=%USERPROFILE%\bin;%Path%"
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C:\Users\xxx> setx GOPATH "%GOPATH%"
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C:\Users\xxx> setx Path "%Path%"
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C:\Users\xxx> mkdir src\github.com\ethereum
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C:\Users\xxx> git clone https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum src\github.com\ethereum\go-ethereum
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C:\Users\xxx> cd src\github.com\ethereum\go-ethereum
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C:\Users\xxx> go get -u -v golang.org/x/net/context
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```
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Finally, the command to compile geth is:
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```text
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C:\Users\xxx\src\github.com\ethereum\go-ethereum> go install -v ./cmd/...
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```
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