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+## Setting up a Windows Development environment 
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+Howdoi can be used on Windows, MacOS and Linux etc. But the development environment can only be set up in a Linux or Mac. To set up the development environment in Windows, follow the following steps: 
+
+### Install WSL
+
+WSL is Windows Subsystem for Linux. It offers Linux interoperability in Windows and allows users to set up a virtual environment. 
+
+If you do not have WSL set up, follow the steps in this [tutorial](https://www.windowscentral.com/install-windows-subsystem-linux-windows-10) 
+
+### Setting up the virtual environment
+
+After setting up WSL, go to the directory where you want to set up Howdoi. Open the Command Prompt here and enter the following to enter the WSL environment. 
+
+``` bash
+bash 
+``` 
+
+Now you are using the Linux-compatible kernel on Windows and can set up a virtual environment. 
+
+### Clone the git repository
+
+```bash
+$ git clone https://github.com/gleitz/howdoi.git 
+``` 
+
+Setup and activate a virtual environment: 
+
+``` bash
+$ python3 -m venv .venv 
+$ source .venv/bin/activate 
+``` 
+
+Make sure you have pip installed, if not, enter: 
+
+``` bash
+$ sudo apt install python3-pip 
+``` 
+
+Go to the project directory and install requirements: 
+
+``` bash
+$ cd howdoi 
+$ pip install -r requirements.txt 
+``` 
+
+> if howdoi does not process queries after this command, make sure your PATH variables for Python and Pip are set correctly in Windows environment variables.  
+
+### Test run
+
+Check to see if everything has been set-up correctly: 
+
+```  bash
+pip install howdoi 
+howdoi  print hello world
+``` 
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