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### Windows Prerequisites

When running with Windows, install [Docker Desktop](https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/) which will cover all of the above.
When running with Windows, install [Docker Desktop](https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/) **which will cover all of the above**.

The Make tasks use a number of Linux commands, such as rm and nproc, so it is recommeded to run Make commands from the Git Bash shell. In addition, the following need to be installed and included in the PATH:

- [Make for Windows](http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/make.htm)
- [wget for windows](https://eternallybored.org/misc/wget/) (In order to download the full product database).
- [wget for windows](https://eternallybored.org/misc/wget/) (In order to download the full product database). If you want to download wget with the executable, copy the wget.exe file to C:/Windows/System32 and you are done.

The process of cloning the repository will create a number of symbolic links which require specific permissions under Windows. In order to do this you can use any one of these alternatives:

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