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30 <p>For documentation, please visit the <a |
30 <p>For documentation, please visit the <a |
31 href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial">Mercurial web site</a>.</p> |
31 href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial">Mercurial web site</a>.</p> |
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33 <p>By default, Mercurial installs to <tt>C:\Mercurial</tt>. The |
33 <p>By default, Mercurial installs to <tt>C:\Mercurial</tt>. The |
34 Mercurial command is called <tt>hg.exe</tt>. To run this |
34 Mercurial command is called <tt>hg.exe</tt>.</p> |
35 command, the install directory must be in your search path.</p> |
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37 <h2>Setting your search path temporarily</h2> |
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39 <p>To set your search path temporarily, type the following into a |
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40 command prompt window:</p> |
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42 <pre> |
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43 set PATH=C:\Mercurial;%PATH% |
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44 </pre> |
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46 <h2>Setting your search path permanently</h2> |
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48 <p>To set your search path permanently, perform the following |
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49 steps. These instructions are for Windows NT, 2000 and XP.</p> |
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52 <li>Open the Control Panel. Under Windows XP, select the |
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53 "Classic View".</li> |
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55 <li>Double-click on the "System" control panel.</li> |
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57 <li>Click on the "Advanced" tab.</li> |
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58 |
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59 <li>Click on "Environment Variables". You'll find this near the |
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60 bottom of the window.</li> |
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62 <li>Under "System variables", you will see "Path". Double-click |
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63 it.</li> |
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64 |
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65 <li>Edit "Variable value". Each path element is separated by a |
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66 semicolon (";") character. Append a semicolon to the end of the |
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67 list, followed by the path where you installed Mercurial |
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68 (e.g. <tt>C:\Mercurial</tt>).</li> |
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70 <li>Click on the various "OK" buttons until you've completely |
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71 exited from the System control panel.</li> |
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73 <li>Log out and log back in, or restart your system.</li> |
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75 <li>The next time you run the Windows command prompt, you will be |
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76 able to run the <tt>hg</tt> command without any special |
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77 help.</li> |
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78 </ol> |
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80 <h1>Testing Mercurial after you've installed it</h1> |
36 <h1>Testing Mercurial after you've installed it</h1> |
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82 <p>The easiest way to check that Mercurial is installed properly is to |
38 <p>The easiest way to check that Mercurial is installed properly is to |
83 just type the following at the command prompt:</p> |
39 just type the following at the command prompt:</p> |