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The preferred way to run Sage on Windows is using the [Windows Subsystem for
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Linux](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/faq), which allows
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Linux](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/faq), a.k.a. WSL, which allows
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you to install a standard Linux distribution such as Ubuntu within
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your Windows. Then all instructions for installation in Linux apply.
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your Windows. Make sure you allocate WSL sufficient RAM; 5GB is known to work, while
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2GB might be not enough for building Sage from source.
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Then all instructions for installation in Linux apply.
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As an alternative, you can also run Linux on Windows using Docker (see
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above) or other virtualization solutions.

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