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# 1.5 System Requirements

What do you need before you start installation of SDCC? A computer, and a desire to compute. The preferred method of installation is to compile SDCC from source using GNU gcc and make. For Windows some pre-compiled binary distributions are available for your convenience. You should have some experience with command line tools and compiler use.