ResInsight/docs/Installation.md

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<small>Note: None of the binary distributions includes support for ABAQUS odb files.</small>

### ResInsight installation

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. Start ResInsight.exe 

### Octave installation (optional)
1. ResInsight is delivered with support for Octave 4.0.0 which can be downloaded here: [Octave-4.0.0](ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/windows/octave-4.0.0_0-installer.exe)
2. Launch ResInsight.exe, open **Edit->Preferences**. On the **Octave** tab, enter the path to the Octave command line interpreter executable, usually `C:\Your\Path\To\Octave-x.x.x\bin\octave-cli.exe`

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A binary package of ResInsight will normally <b>not</b> work with other Octave versions than the one it is compiled with. 
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You <b>have</b> to point to the <b>cli</b> binary in the windows octave installation. The <code>octave.exe</code> will not work as it is launching the octave GUI.
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