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Add WSL method to Windows Install #493

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Building on MacOS should not require any special steps.

BUILDING FOR WINDOWS
USING MTR ON WINDOWS
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Building for Windows requires Cygwin. To obtain Cygwin, see
Using mtr on Windows requires Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).
To install WSL with Ubuntu distribution (Default), see
[How to install Linux on Windows with WSL](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install).

After complete initial process,
simple as:

sudo apt-get -y install mtr



BUILDING FOR WINDOWS (TRADITIONAL METHOD)
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If you prefer traditional method.
Obtain Cygwin, see
https://cygwin.com/install.html.

Next, re-run cygwin's `setup-x86.exe` (or `setup-x86_64.exe` if you're using 64bit cygwin) with the following arguments,

which will install the packages required for building:

setup-x86.exe --package-manager --wait --packages automake,pkg-config,make,gcc-core,libncurses-devel,libjansson-devel
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make install




WHERE CAN I GET THE LATEST VERSION OR MORE INFORMATION?
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