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If you want to contribute changes to C++ files or are interested in testing the latest development or (unreleased) stable release, you can build Octave from source.
If you want to contribute changes to C++ files or are interested in testing the latest development or (unreleased) stable release, you can build Octave from source.


There is currently no maintained way to build Octave on Windows directly. But it is still possible to build Octave on Windows machines using virtual machines or Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux.
It seems to be possible to build Octave natively on Windows with the MSYS2 shell. (Be aware that this might take some time.) It is also possible to build Octave on Windows machines using virtual machines or Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux.


==Virtual Machine==
==Virtual Machine==
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