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This page describes how to download and install the GDAL programs manually.<Br>

===Download===
The pre-compiled GDAL programs and other binaries can be downloaded from the following location:<br>
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The page lists many download links:
* Users should choose x64 Arch (architecture) if they are using a x64 bit operating system
* The "MSVC" column is the compiler version. It generally doesn't matter except if you are trying to replicate a previously run GDAL Program results exactly, then you should use the compiler and GDAL version used to produce those results. For format conversion, generally the compiler won't have any affect.
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On the next page users should select "Compiled binaries in a single.zip package"<Br>
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===Installation===
There is no formal installation process required. The below steps are recommended as it will make running the programs a lot easier without needing to setup custom environment variables:
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<li> Unzip the downloaded file into a location of your choice. For the examples below, it will be assumed that they were unzipped to "<tt>C:\GDAL</tt>".
<li> Navigate to the following directory in the unzipped directory "<tt>bin\gdal\apps</tt>". Following our chosen directory from step 1 this is "<tt>C:\GDAL\bin\apps</tt>".
<li> Copy all the files in the "app" directory into the "bin" directory ("<tt>C:\GDAL\bin</tt>")
<li> Create a new folder called "share" underneath the main directory, above the "bin" folder ("<tt>C:\GDAL\share</tt>")
<li> Create a new folder called "proj" underneath the new "share" folder ("<tt>C:\GDAL\share\proj</tt>")
<li> Copy all the files from the "<tt>bin\proj7\share</tt>" into the newly created "share folder
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