#Installation and configuration#

## 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'

## 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'
 

## Script execution using Octave ##
ResInsight is able to execute custom made [Octave](http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ "Octave") scripts. Octave scripts are available in the **Scripts** folder in the Project Tree. Multiple script folder locations can be defined in the field _Shared Script Folder(s)_ in **Edit=>Preferences**. These scripts can be editited by a text editor defined in _Script Editor_ in **Edit=>Preferences**