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- Rexx Tutorial
- Rexx - Home
- Rexx - Overview
- Rexx - Environment
- Rexx - Installation
- Rexx - Installation of Plugin-Ins
- Rexx - Basic Syntax
- Rexx - Datatypes
- Rexx - Variables
- Rexx - Operators
- Rexx - Arrays
- Rexx - Loops
- Rexx - Decision Making
- Rexx - Numbers
- Rexx - Strings
- Rexx - Functions
- Rexx - Stacks
- Rexx - File I/O
- Rexx - Functions For Files
- Rexx - Subroutines
- Rexx - Built-In Functions
- Rexx - System Commands
- Rexx - XML
- Rexx - Regina
- Rexx - Parsing
- Rexx - Signals
- Rexx - Debugging
- Rexx - Error Handling
- Rexx - Object Oriented
- Rexx - Portability
- Rexx - Extended Functions
- Rexx - Instructions
- Rexx - Implementations
- Rexx - Netrexx
- Rexx - Brexx
- Rexx - Databases
- Handheld & Embedded
- Rexx - Performance
- Rexx - Best Programming Practices
- Rexx - Graphical User Interface
- Rexx - Reginald
- Rexx - Web Programming
- Rexx Useful Resources
- Rexx - Quick Guide
- Rexx - Useful Resources
- Rexx - Discussion
Rexx - Environment
Before you can start working on Rexx, you need to ensure that you have a fully functional version of Rexx running on your system. This chapter will explain the installation of Rexx and its subsequent configuration on a Windows machine to get started with Rexx.
Ensure the following System requirements are met before proceeding with the installation.
System Requirements
Memory | 2 GB RAM (recommended) |
Disk Space | No minimum requirement. Preferably to have enough storage to store the programs which will be created using Rexx. |
Operating System Version | Rexx can be installed on Windows, Ubuntu/Debian, Mac OS X. |
Downloading Rexx
To download Rexx, you should use the following URL − https://www.oorexx.org/download.html
This page has a variety of downloads for various versions of Rexx as shown in the following screenshot.
![Rexx Download](/rexx/images/rexx_download.jpg)
Click on the ‘ooRexx install files’ in the table with the header of Release 4.2.0.
After this, you will be re-directed to the following page.
![ooRex Install Files](/rexx/images/oorexx_install_files.jpg)
Click on the ooRexx-4.2.0.windows.x86_64.exe to download the 64-bit version of the software. We will discuss regarding the installation of the software in the following chapter.