# Installation

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## [About the Installation category](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/about-the-installation-category/23)

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Installing and configuring MWorks.

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## [Installing MWorks](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/installing-mworks/36)

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Basic Installation To learn the basics of installing MWorks, see Installation in the user manual. Additional Post-installation Steps Depending on your needs, there are some additional steps you may need to take after in…

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## [Uninstalling MWorks](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/uninstalling-mworks/50)

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To learn how to uninstall MWorks, see Uninstall or Revert in the user manual.

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## [Configuring MWorks](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/configuring-mworks/44)

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To learn about configuring MWorks, see Configuration in the user manual.

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## [Upgrading to 0.5](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/upgrading-to-0-5/54)

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In MWorks 0.5, the experiment parser has become more rigorous about validating component parameters. In particular, if a component definition includes unrecognized parameters, the experiment will now fail to load. This…

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## [Upgrading from 0.3.x](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/upgrading-from-0-3-x/56)

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If you have an experiment written for a 0.3.x version of MWorks, you’ll need to make some changes to the XML in order to run it under MWorks 0.4.x and later: I/O devices and I/O channels must have unique names I/O chan…