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If you're interested to give Box Of Stops a test drive without a Raspberry Pi, here are some instructions on how to set it up on Windows. Alternatively, you may be interested to boot the PC from a USB stick - more details [[Running on a PC|here]].
The key differences between running Box Of Stops on the Pi and Windows are:
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After that, please install Java using the default options. The only exception to this is that at the moment the installer kindly offers to set Yahoo as your homepage and default search provider - there is no need to accept this.
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Similarly, if you don't already have Python, this can be downloaded for Windows from [https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/ here]. The latest version of Python 3 is recommended, but because [[#Downloading PortMidi|PortMidi]] below is 32 bit, please ensure you download the 32 bit version of Python. I.e. the "Windows x86 executable installer" instead of the "Windows x86-64 executable installer".
Please ensure Also, when installing Python , please ensure that you tick the option to add it to your PATH:
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