# Help: installing OpenMC on Windows 7 with Cygwin **URL:** \ **Category:** User Support\ **Created:** [August 25, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/help-installing-openmc-on-windows-7-with-cygwin/163 "2015-08-25T03:35:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yuyu2015heu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ed8c4c/32.png) [@yuyu2015heu](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/yuyu2015heu)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/help-installing-openmc-on-windows-7-with-cygwin/163/1 "2015-08-25T03:35:53Z")
Hi Everyone, I am a beginner on OpenMC and new to this group. I want to install OpenMC on Windows 7 with Cygwin, and tried many times but failed, Could you tell me a more detailed steps to complete that work from the beginning to end? Thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![paulromano](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openmc.discourse.group/paulromano/32/486_2.png) [@paulromano](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/paulromano)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/help-installing-openmc-on-windows-7-with-cygwin/163/2 "2015-08-25T23:41:23Z")
I haven’t personally tried OpenMC on Windows in quite some time, but it still should be possible. Can you provide a little more detail on what difficulties you’re encountering? That may help us to give you better advice. Best regards, Paul ---
**Author:** ![yuyu2015heu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ed8c4c/32.png) [@yuyu2015heu](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/yuyu2015heu)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/help-installing-openmc-on-windows-7-with-cygwin/163/3 "2015-09-02T01:50:04Z")
Thank you for your reply.I have Install OpenMC in Ubuntu 14.04.It works now. 在 2015年8月26日星期三 UTC+8上午7:41:23，Paul Romano写道：