| Windows |

This section contains installation instructions for the Windows platform.

| Source distribution |

The Xerces-C++ source is available in the source distribution: xerces-c-3.1.3.zip.

Install the Xerces-C++ source distribution by using `unzip` on the xerces-c-3.1.3.zip archive in the Windows environment. You can use WinZip, or any other UnZip utility:

    unzip xerces-c-3.1.3.zip

This creates the 'xerces-c-3.1.3' sub-directory containing the Xerces-C++ source distribution.

To build the Xerces-C++ source after installation, please follow the Build Instructions.

| UNIX |

This section contains installation instructions for the UNIX, Linux, and Mac OS X platforms.

| Source distribution |

The Xerces-C++ source is available in the source distribution: xerces-c-3.1.3.tar.gz (other formats also available).

Install the Xerces-C++ source distribution xerces-c-3.1.3.tar.gz by extracting the files from the compressed archive:

    gzip -d xerces-c-3.1.3.tar.gz
    tar -xf xerces-c-3.1.3.tar

This creates the 'xerces-c-3.1.3' sub-directory containing the Xerces-C++ source distribution.

To build the Xerces-C++ source after installation, please follow the Build Instructions.

| Cygwin |

This section contains installation instructions for the Cygwin platform.

| Source distribution |

The Xerces-C++ source is available in the source distribution: xerces-c-3.1.3.tar.gz (other formats available).

Install the Xerces-C++ source distribution xerces-c-3.1.3.tar.gz by extracting the files from the compressed archive:

    tar -xfz xerces-c-3.1.3.tar.gz

This creates the 'xerces-c-3.1.3' sub-directory containing the Xerces-C++ source distribution.

To build the Xerces-C++ source after installation, please follow the Build Instructions.

| Binary distribution |

| Precompiled Xerces-C++ libraries for Cygwin are provide as part of the Cygwin package repository. To install the binary distribution run Cygwin setup.exe. When you reach the Packages step of the Cygwin Setup wizard, expand the Devel category, then click in the New column next to "xerces-c-devel" until it reads "3.1.3-X".

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