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<task id="installing-client" xml:lang="en-US">
  <title>Installing the distribution package</title>
  <titlealts>
    <navtitle>Installing the toolkit</navtitle>
  </titlealts>
  <shortdesc id="what-is-client">The DITA-OT distribution package can be installed on Linux, Mac OS&#xA0;X, and Windows.
    It contains everything that you need to run the toolkit except for Java.</shortdesc>
  <taskbody>
    <prereq>
      <ul>
        <li>Ensure that you have Java JRE or JDK, version <keyword keyref="tool.java.version"/> or later installed.
          <p>You can download the Oracle JRE or JDK from <xref keyref="download.oracle-jdk"/>.</p></li>
        <li importance="optional" platform="windows">If you want to generate HTML Help, ensure that you have HTML Help
          Workshop installed.
          <p>You can download the Help Workshop from <xref keyref="download.html-help-workshop"/>.</p></li>
      </ul>
    </prereq>
    <steps>
      <step>
        <cmd>Download the <filepath>dita-ot-<keyword keyref="maintenance-version"/>.zip</filepath> package from the
          project website at <xref keyref="download.dita-ot.current-release">www.dita-ot.org</xref>.</cmd>
      </step>
      <step>
        <cmd>Extract the contents of the package to the directory where you want to install the DITA-OT.</cmd>
      </step>
      <step importance="optional">
        <cmd>Add the absolute path for the <filepath>bin</filepath> directory to the <varname>PATH</varname> system
          variable.</cmd>
        <stepresult>
          <p>This defines the necessary environment variable to run the <cmdname>dita</cmdname> command from the command
            line.</p>
          <note type="tip">This step is recommended, as it allows the the <cmdname>dita</cmdname> command to be run from
            any location on the file system and makes it easier to transform DITA content from any folder.</note>
        </stepresult>
      </step>
    </steps>
  </taskbody>
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