====== How to install Metafor? ======

===== Video =====

This video shows how to install Metafor on a PC running Windows.

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===== Download the installer =====


Installers are available for Windows, Linux and macOS on this website: [[teaching:private:start|]] 


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===== Step-by-step Procedure =====

  * Run the installer and follow the instructions.
  * Install the Visual 2015 C++ runtime libraries if they are not present on your system.
  * Run Metafor (desktop link).
  * Click on the padlock in order to import the license file (''metafor.lic'').
  * Restart Metafor.

===== Where is Metafor? =====

By default, all the files are located in ''C:\Program Files\Metafor''

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===== What is installed? =====

Have a quick look at the files installed in ''C:\Program Files\Metafor''.

  * ''Metafor'': Binary files (*.exe, *.dll, etc.).
  * ''.../apps'': Lots of examples (input files).
  * ''.../metafor.ltas.ulg.ac.be'': Offline documentation (html files).
  * ''.../python'': Local installation of python.
  * ''.../toolbox'': Python toolbox of Metafor.
  * ''.../wrap'': Python/C++ interface.