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Expand Up @@ -36,6 +36,31 @@ $ yum install libcs50
By default, we install to `/usr/local`. If you'd like to change the installation location, run
`sudo DESTDIR=/path/to/install make install` as desired.

### On Windows OS

##### Prerequisites ([how](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/config-mingw#_prerequisites))

* Install MinGM
* Add the path to your Mingw-w64 bin folder to the Windows PATH environment variable
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  1. Move how in the content
  2. MinGM or MinGW ??
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##### Prerequisites ([how](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/config-mingw#_prerequisites))
* Install MinGM
* Add the path to your Mingw-w64 bin folder to the Windows PATH environment variable
##### Prerequisites
* Install MinGW
* Add the path to your Mingw-w64 bin folder to the Windows PATH environment variable ([how](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/config-mingw#_prerequisites))


##### Steps

0. Add files [cs50.h](https://github.com/cs50/libcs50/blob/main/src/cs50.h), [cs50.c](https://github.com/cs50/libcs50/blob/main/src/cs50.c)
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0. Add files [cs50.h](https://github.com/cs50/libcs50/blob/main/src/cs50.h), [cs50.c](https://github.com/cs50/libcs50/blob/main/src/cs50.c)
0. Add files [cs50.h](https://github.com/cs50/libcs50/blob/main/src/cs50.h), [cs50.c](https://github.com/cs50/libcs50/blob/main/src/cs50.c) in the directory of your source code (`.c`) files

1. Include cs50.h

#include "cs50.h"

2. Compiler (Command line)

gcc -o myCode myCode.c cs50.c

3. Run Program (Command line)

.\myCode

More and [Source](https://github.com/cs50/libcs50/issues/189#issuecomment-737173845)


## Troubleshooting
1. If, when compiling a program, you see `/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lcs50`:
Add `export LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib` to your `.bashrc`.
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