# Installing the software

Argyll doesn't come with any installation programs or scripts, so installation is a manual process. Because things are mostly self-contained, this isn't particularly onerous. In general the steps are:
1) Provide somewhere for the executables to reside
2) Provide a means of the shell finding the executables
3) Setup the system to be able to use instruments (USB in particular)
Please choose from the detailed instructions below that suite your system:
Microsoft Windows
Apple OS X
Linux/UNIX X11
If you have a Spyder 2 colorimeter, please also see spyd2en.