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Download the julia Windows binary from this link.
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Open up the resulting archive and double-click on "julia." (This is a batch script named julia.bat.)
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When prompted by popup windows, click "Extract All" and then "Extract."
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Enter the extracted directory (julia-d8a5dc1753) and again double-click on "julia" (again, the julia.bat script).
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This should bring up the
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At the julia prompt, type
julia> Pkg.add("Winston")
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You will be prompted to enter your name and password.
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You will be prompted twice with a question whose possible responses are skip, binary, source. Enter binary.
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This will proceed to do various things for a while (massive quantities of text will scroll over your screen).
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When it finishes, you will be returned to the julia> prompt. Type
julia> using Winston;
julia> plot([1:10],[1:10]);
- This should create a plot of a line.