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== Windows / Linux installation ==
== Windows / Linux installation ==
* Unzip the contents of the zip into a directory. Probably ''nowhere near'' your World of Warcraft directory (it's ''not'' an AddOn!). Remember to conserve the directory structure in the zip!
* Unzip the contents of the zip into a directory. Probably ''nowhere near'' your World of Warcraft directory. It is ''not'' an AddOn! Remember to conserve the directory structure in the zip.
: Below, we will assume you put it in <tt style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;">C:/wowbench</tt>.
: Below, we will assume you put it in:
* If you are '''not''' running under Win32: Download Lua binaries from [http://luabinaries.luaforge.net/ http://luabinaries.luaforge.net/]
C:/wowbench
: Make sure you get version 5.0.<small>(something)</small>, as this is what WoW uses
* If you are not running under Win32: Download Lua binaries from [//luabinaries.luaforge.net luabinaries.luaforge.net]
* Copy <tt style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;">config-dist.lua</tt> to <tt style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;">config.lua</tt>.
: Make sure you get version 5.1.x, as this similar to what WoW uses
* Copy 'config-dist.lua' to 'config.lua'.


At this point, you have a working WoWBench, without access to your already-installed addons nor to your configuration files.
At this point, you have a working WoWBench, without access to your already-installed addons nor to your configuration files.


You can either:
You can either:
 
:1. Keep the default configuration files and copy your AddOn over to
* Keep the default configuration files and copy your AddOn over to <tt style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;">C:/wowbench/wow/Interface/AddOns</tt>.
C:/wowbench/wow/Interface/AddOns.
 
:- or -
- or -
:2. Edit 'config-dist.lua' to point to your existing WoW directory, player name, etc. It is fairly self-documenting.
 
* Edit <tt style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;">config-dist.lua</tt> to point to your existing WoW directory, player name, etc. It is fairly self-documenting.


== MacOS X Installation ==
== MacOS X Installation ==
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Following this you'll need to create the config.lua file, and you'll also need to modify the wowbench.lua file.
Following this you'll need to create the config.lua file, and you'll also need to modify the wowbench.lua file.


===config.lua===
=== config.lua ===
Here are the pieces of config.lua that I changed, and what I changed them to.
Here are the pieces of config.lua that I changed, and what I changed them to.


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  _LUAC = "luac50"
  _LUAC = "luac50"


===wowbench.lua===
=== wowbench.lua ===
Just one change here, you need to change wowbench to recognize the Mac style of application bundles. So I changed line 173 to:
Just one change here, you need to change wowbench to recognize the Mac style of application bundles. So I changed line 173 to:


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As a final sidenote, I had to actually disable an AddOn to get the AddOns.txt file to be generated, ymmv.
As a final sidenote, I had to actually disable an AddOn to get the AddOns.txt file to be generated, ymmv.


== Getting started == <div style="margin-left: 3%;">
== Getting started ==
* Continue to [[WoWBench/Getting started]]
* Continue to [[WoWBench/Getting started]]
* Back to [[WoWBench]]
* Back to [[WoWBench]]
[[Category:WoWBench|Installing]]
[[Category:WoWBench|Installing]]