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You should only do this if you are some kind of Windows purist (does such a thing exist?). LSDTopoTools works best in Linux and at the moment the best way to get a linux server working within your Windows machine is to use Vagrant. Instructions can be found here: [Installing LSDTopoTools using VirtualBox and Vagrant]. |
For the kind of scientific tools we will be using, Windows can sometimes be a bit difficult, since many scientific developers work in Linux and so installation for their software is easiest in a Linux environment. However, you can get Windows to behave a bit like Linux which will make your life easier for the purposes of installing the required software for the examples here.
Alternatively, you can get a "virtual" Linux machine running on your Windows machine.
Let me type that in bold text: it will be far easier to do things in a Linux environment than in a Windows environment. I strongly encourage you to use our Vagrant setup.