# Installation of McStas 2.5 on Windows 64 bit systems


## IMPORTANT A:
* If you are behind a proxy server, please use the commands
	```bash
		set HTTP_PROXY=http://your_proxy_ip:port
	```
	```bash
		set HTTPS_PROXY=https://your_proxy_ip:port
	```
in a cmd.exe shell and start the Perl and McStas installers from there
	
##  IMPORTANT B:
* Please install [strawberry-perl-5.26.3.1-64bit.msi](http://download.mcstas.org/current/windows/strawberry-perl-5.26.3.1-64bit.msi)
BEFORE  attempting to install the McStas metapackage!!!

## IMPORTANT C:
* Please install the [McStas 2.5 metapackage](http://download.mcstas.org/current/windows/McStas-Metapackage-2.5-win64.exe)

* The [extras](http://download.mcstas.org/current/windows/extras)
  folder provides binaries for Microsoft MPI and NeXus, which can be utilised by the McStas metapackage installation



* An alternative to installing this version is to follow the instructions
posted at http://www.mcstas.org/news/2016.html under the heading of
"Use Microsofts 'Windows subsystem for Linux' for running McStas 
under Windows 10"

## In case of issues
Please report any trouble with the repository to [mcstas-users](mailto:mcstas-users@mcstas.org)