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 [![Windows: master](https://img.shields.io/appveyor/ci/ecmwf/magics/master.svg?label=Windows-master)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/ecmwf/magics/branch/master)
 [![Windows: develop](https://img.shields.io/appveyor/ci/ecmwf/magics/develop.svg?label=Windows-dev)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/ecmwf/magics/branch/develop)
 
-Getting the source
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-The tarball of the source can be downloaded from 
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-     https://software.ecmwf.int/magics/Releases
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 Installation
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