.. -*- rst -*- .. highlightlang:: none Windows ======= This section describes how to install groonga on Windows. You can install groogna by extracting a zip package or running an installer. We distribute both 32-bit and 64-bit packages but we strongly recommend a 64-bit package for server. You should use a 32-bit package just only for tests or development. You will encounter an out of memory error with a 32-bit package even if you just process medium size data. Installer --------- For 32-bit environment, download `groonga-2.0.9-x86.exe `_ and run it. For 64-bit environment, download `groonga-2.0.9-x64.exe `_ and run it. Use command prompt for :doc:`/reference/executables/groonga` installed in start menu. zip --- For 32-bit environment, download `groonga-2.0.9-x86.zip `_ and extract it. For 64-bit environment, download `groonga-2.0.9-x64.zip `_ and extract it. :doc:`/reference/executables/groonga` is in ``bin`` folder. Build from source ----------------- First, you need to install required tools for building groonga on Windows. Here are required tools: * `Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express `_ * `CMake `_ Download zipped source `groonga-2.0.9.zip `_ and extract it. Start ``Visual Studio Command Prompt (2010)`` installed by Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express and move to the groonga's source folder:: > cd c:\Users\%USERNAME%\Downloads\groonga-2.0.9 Configure by ``cmake``. The following commnad line is for 64-bit version. To build 32-bit version, use ``-G "Visual Studio 10"`` parameter instead:: groonga-2.0.9> cmake . -G "Visual Studio 10 Win64" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=C:\groonga Build by Visual C++ 2010 Express:: groonga-2.0.9> msbuild groonga.sln /p:Configuration=Release Install by Visual C++ 2010 Express:: groonga-2.0.9> msbuild groonga.sln /p:Configuration=Release /t:Install If you installed Visual Studio 2010, use can use devenv instead. Build by Visual Studio 2010:: groonga-2.0.9> devenv groonga.sln /Build Release Install by Visual Studio 2010:: groonga-2.0.9> devenv groonga.sln /Build Release /Project Install After the above steps, :doc:`/reference/executables/groonga` is found in ``c:\groonga\bin\groonga.exe``.