Installing
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## Installing

Csound can either be built from source code, or installed from a packaged archive or installer program. This section describes how to install from an archive or installer program.

## Downloading

Archives and installers containing Csound binaries can be found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/csound, on the Files page, in various packages.

The most complete distribution can be found in the csoundvst package, which contains pre-built binaries for Csound 5 and CsoundVST on Windows, made with the MinGW compiler, as well as complete sources and SCons build system for all platforms. To install from the archive, unzip it into a csound5 directory on your computer, and configure it as explained below.

The csoundvst package also contains a Windows installer with the same Windows binaries, examples, and documentation. To install using the installer, simply execute it and follow the instructions provided by the installer.

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