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 ##### Windows
 
+* On Windows, if you want to build any of the packages from source (instead of using the precompiled ones), you will need git, CMake and Visual Studio 2013. Git can be installed via emsdk by typing "emsdk install git-1.9.4", CMake can be found from http://www.cmake.org/, and Visual Studio can be installed from https://www.visualstudio.com.
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 ###### How do I run Emscripten on a 32-bit Windows?
 
 Emscripten SDK releases are no longer packaged or maintained for 32-bit Windows. If you want to run Emscripten on a 32-bit system, you can try manually building the compiler for 32-bit mode. Follow the steps in the above section "Installing emsdk directly from GitHub" to get started.