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</para>
+
+ <para>
+ Check that you have the current versions of the
+ <ulink url="https://sourceforge.net/projects/nsis/files/NSIS%203/">
+ NSIS installer</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="https://ftp.pcre.org/pub/pcre/">PCRE library</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="https://tls.mbed.org/download">MBED TLS library</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="https://github.com/google/brotli/releases">
+ Brotli library</ulink>,
+ and that the <emphasis>MAKENSIS</emphasis> evar in
+ <filename>windows/GNUMakefile</filename>
+ points to the NSIS installer program. (See the
+ <ulink url="../user-manual/installation.html#WINBUILD-CYGWIN">
+ <emphasis>Building from Source / Windows</emphasis></ulink>
+ section of the User Manual for details.)
+ </para>
+
<para>
Then you can build the package. This is fully automated, and is
controlled by <filename>windows/GNUmakefile</filename>.