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Expand Up @@ -54,6 +54,29 @@ To install the Python library, just run:
pip install postal
```

**Installing libpostal on Windows**

Install [msys2](http://msys2.org) and launch a shell using the `MSYS2 MingW 64-bit` start menu option. Then:
```
pacman -S autoconf automake curl git make libtool gcc mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc
git clone https://github.com/openvenues/libpostal
cd libpostal
cp -rf windows/* ./
./bootstrap.sh
./configure --datadir=[...some dir with a few GB of space...]
make
make install
```

Now start a command prompt which has access to the Microsoft toolchain. This can be done by e.g. installing the [Windows 10 SDK](https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/windows-10-sdk) and then running the ``x64 Native Tools Command Prompt``.

Assuming your MSYS and Python are installed in some standard locations, you can use this command prompt to build+install the Python library like so:
```
lib.exe /def:libpostal.def /out:libpostal.lib /machine:x64
pip install postal --global-option=build_ext --global-option="-IC:\msys64\usr\include" --global-option="-L[...libpostal checkout...]"
copy src\.libs\libpostal-1.dll "C:\Python36\Lib\site-packages\postal\libpostal.dll"
```

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