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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading"><span>Installation</span></h1>
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<h2><span class='mw-headline' id='Choose_a_folder'> Choose a folder </span></h2>
<p>XOWA works from one folder. For the purpose of these instructions, this folder will be referred to as <b>/xowa/</b>.
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<p>The table below lists recommended locations by operating system. Note that these are just recommendations: you can use any other folder on your hard drive (or on a flash memory card).
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<th> operating system
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<td> Linux
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<td> /home/your_user_name/xowa/
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<td> /home/your_user_name/xowa/xowa_linux.jar
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<td> OS X
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<td> /Users/your_user_name/xowa/
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<td> /Users/your_user_name/xowa/xowa_macosx.jar
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<td> Windows
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<td> C:\xowa\
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<td> C:\xowa\xowa_windows.jar
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<h2><span class='mw-headline' id='Download_XOWA'> Download XOWA </span></h2>
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<li> Download an "xowa_app_*.zip" from <a href="https://gnosygnu.github.io/xowa//download.html">the download page</a>
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<li> Unzip to the xowa root folder. When finished, you will have a file called <b>/xowa/xowa.gfs</b> as well as many other files and directories.
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<h2><span class='mw-headline' id='Run_XOWA'> Run XOWA </span></h2>
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<li> On <b>Windows</b>, double-click <b>C:\xowa\xowa.exe</b>
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<li> On <b>Linux</b>, open a terminal and run <code>sh /home/your_user_name/xowa/xowa_linux.sh</code>
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<dd> Note that the shell script is a wrapper for <code>java -Xmx256m -jar /home/your_user_name/xowa/xowa_linux.jar</code>
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<li> On <b>OS X</b>, open a terminal and run <code>sh /Users/your_user_name/xowa/xowa_macosx.sh</code>
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<dd> Note that the shell script is a wrapper for <code>java -Xmx256m -d32 -XstartOnFirstThread -jar /Users/your_user_name/xowa/xowa_macosx.jar</code>
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