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Contents
Getting started
Let’s walk through installing Euphoria 4.1 on Windows 10.
Download
Head over to the Downloads page and grab the latest build for your system. If you are using 64-bit Windows then I would recommend using 64-bit Euphoria. Some things may not work correctly with 64-bit (such as Win32Lib), but later I will show you how to set up multiple development environments to toggle between each version.
These are the files you’ll want to download:
| Architecture | Filename | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Windows 32-bit | euphoria-4.1.0-x86.exe | 9,299 kB |
| Windows 64-bit | euphoria-4.1.0-x64.exe | 10,650 kB |
Installation
Launch the installer you downloaded and step through the installation.
Step 1: Welcome
Click Next to begin.
Step 2: License Agreement
Accept the license agreement and click Next.
Step 3: Information
Click Next to continue.
Step 4: Select Destination Location
If you plan on installing multiple versions of Euphoria on one system (we’ll get into that in a later article), then I suggest naming the destination with the version number, e.g. C:\Euphoria41.
Click Next to continue.
Step 5: Select Components
Select the components to install. You can accept the defaults here. Feel free turn off Source code, Unit tests, and even Tutorials if you want to save the 4 MB or so of space.
Click Next to continue.
Step 6: Select Start Menu Folder
I don’t think you need a Start Menu folder created, so I typically check Don’t create a Start Menu folder.
Click Next to continue.
Step 7: Select Additional Tasks
Again, you don’t need to Associate file associations. You can also skip Update environment if you want to do that manually (we’ll cover in the Environment section).
Click Next to continue.
Step 8: Installing
Step 9: Information
You don’t need to reboot your system right now.
Click Next to continue.
Step 10: Complete
And we’re done! Click Finish. Next we’ll verify your environment settings.
Environment
Step 1: System Properties
Click Start, type environment, and then click Edit the system environment variables.
This actually opens the System Properties control panel for some reason. Click the Environment Variables… button.
Step 2: Environment Variables
If you selected Update environment in Step 7 above, then you should see your Euphoria path listed here, e.g. C:\Euphoria\bin. If it’s listed here then skip down to verify your installation. Otherwise, proceed to the next step and we’ll add it manually.
Step 3: Edit Environment Variables
Click New to add a new value.
Type in C:\Euphoria\bin and press Enter.
When you’re done, click OK, OK, OK to save and close everything.
Step 4: Verify Your Installation
Click Start, type command prompt, and then click Command Prompt.
Type eui -v and press Enter. This should display the currently installed version of Euphoria.
That’s it! You’re all done.