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+# win32 instructions
+## Installation
+- Download the latest mingw, gsl, and gtk bundles from [http://inkscape.modevia.com/win32libs/?C=M;O=D](http://inkscape.modevia.com/win32libs/?C=M;O=D)
+- Also download Boost from SourceForge and unpack it in a directory of your choice (you specify it's path later on)
+- Obtain, compile and install Inkscape svn following these instructions http://inkscape.org/win32/win32buildnotes.html
+- unpackage the gsl bundle into the directory with the gtk bundle
+- download cmake; install at `C:\cmake`
+- check the directories in mingwenv.bat. Are they set correctly for you? (ignore RAGEL_BIN)
+- make a build directory
+- open cmd.exe
+    ```
+    mingwenv.bat
+    cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" c:\path\to\2geom # be sure you have a CAPITAL '-G' there!
+    cmake -i # especially mind to set the install dir to where you want it installed (probably the gtk folder, e.g. c:/gtk210))
+    mingw32-make
+    ```
+- copy the resulting `.exe` files into the inkscape install directory
+
+If you want to be able to compile the ragel defined svg-parser as well,
+you must download ragel from [here](http://www.cs.queensu.ca/~thurston/ragel/)
+Unpack the windows binary package into a dir of your own choice.
+Check whether ragel's dir is set correctly in mingwenv.bat (RAGEL_BIN).
+Make sure you have ragel.exe and rlcodegen.exe in the dir you specify.
+If your package does not contain rlcodegen.exe you can copy rlgen-cd.exe
+and rename it to rlcodegen.exe :-)
+
+## PYTHON BINDINGS
+To install python bindings, you need python2 and cython(>=0.16). Get cython from
+[http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#cython](http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#cython)
+and install it to `$PYTHON_PATH\Libs\site-packages`
+32-bit version is your safest bet.
+cmake should be able to find cython now. Make sure that `PYTHON_PATH` is set
+correctly to python2 in mingwenv.bat.
+
+Continue with installation as described above. When running "cmake -i",
+remember to choose to build cython bindings and also lib2geom as a
+shared library!
+
+If you get errors about missing DLL file, try copying lib2geom.dll to
+cython-bindings directory.
+
+Note: If you have both python2 and python3 installed, make sure cmake uses
+python2. To ensure this, choose "advanced options" when running "cmake -i",
+scroll and set PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR and PYTHON_LIBRARY accordingly.
+
+## TROUBLESHOOTING
+If things don't work out, here is a list of things you can try.
+Type `make --version`. It should display:
+```
+E:\inkscapelpe>mingw32-make --version
+GNU Make 3.80
+Copyright (C) 2002  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+```
+Or something very similar. If it does not, probably windows finds a different
+make (Borland's or another?). Type `set path=`, then start again with
+`mingwenv.bat` etc...