3. Installation of Dynare

After installation, Dynare can be used in any directory on your computer. It is best practive to keep your model files in directories different from the one containing the Dynare toolbox. That way you can upgrade Dynare and discard the previous version without having to worry about your own files.

3.1. On Windows®

Execute the automated installer called dynare-4.x.y-win32.exe (where 4.x.y is the version number), and follow the instructions. The default installation directory is c:\dynare\4.x.y.

After installation, this directory will contain several sub-directories, among which matlab, mex and doc.

The installer will also add an entry in your Start Menu with a shortcut to documentation files and to the uninstaller.

You can have several versions of Dynare coexisting (for example in c:\dynare), as long as you correctly adjust your path settings (see Section 4.3, “Some words of warning”).

Note that no installer is currently avaible for Windows® on 64 bits platforms. For the time being, please follow the instructions given in Section 3.3, “For other systems” if you have such a system.

3.2. On Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu

Install the dynare package. Documentation is in the dynare-doc package. MATLAB users should install the dynare-matlab package.

Dynare will be installed under /usr/share/dynare and /usr/lib/dynare. Documentation will be under /usr/share/doc/dynare-doc.

3.3. For other systems

You need to download Dynare source code from the Dynare website and unpack it somewhere.

Then you will need to recompile the pre-processor and the dynamic loadable libraries. Please refer to BuildingPreprocessor and BuildingDlls on Dynare Wiki.