ResInsight/docs/Installation.md

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### Windows

1. Download ZIP binary distribution from [https://github.com/OPM/ResInsight/releases](https://github.com/OPM/ResInsight/releases "release section on GitHub")
2. Extract content from ZIP file
3. (OPTIONAL) Launch ResInsight.exe, open **Edit->Preferences** and define location of Octave, usually 'ResInsightRoot/octave/bin/octave.exe'

#### Optional - Octave installation
Currently tested and verified version on Windows is Octave 3.6.1.

- Download and install Octave 3.6.1 for VS2010 from [release section on GitHub](https://github.com/OPM/ResInsight/releases/download/1.0.0/octave-3.6.1-vs2010-setup-1.2.exe)
- Download an [additional library file](https://github.com/OPM/ResInsight/releases/download/1.0.0/dirent.lib) and copy it into Octave lib folder, typically **c:/Octave-3.6.1/lib/dirent.lib**



## Linux

1. Download TAR.GZ binary distribution from [https://github.com/OPM/ResInsight/releases](https://github.com/OPM/ResInsight/releases "release section on GitHub")
2. Extract content from TAR file
3. (OPTIONAL) Launch ResInsight, open **Edit -> Preferences** and define location of Octave in the field **Octave**, usually 'ResInsightRoot/octave/bin/octave-cli'