Installing the Archivists’ Toolkit requires several key steps:
1. Downloading and installing the Archivists’ Toolkit client available from the project website
2. Downloading the MySQL server from www.mysql.com
3. Installing the MySQL server
4. Configuring the MySQL server
5. Creating a MySQL database
6. Initializing the MySQL database to work with the Archivists’ Toolkit client
7. Launching the Archivists’ Toolkit client and connecting it to the database

These guidelines assume that step no. 1 has already been completed. If you have not already downloaded and installed the Archivists’ Toolkit client, do so now, as it will be necessary to use it at the end of the installation process. Note: Ask for local technical assistance if you have access to it. Otherwise progress through the installation guidelines slowly and carefully. There is a high risk of frustration if you do not enter a setting correctly.

Note: These steps have to be done only once, with the exception on entering the user name and password in step 7, which has to be every time the application is launched.

Note: The following guidelines describe installing the AT on a Windows machine. If you would like assistance doing this on a Linux or Mac machine, please contact info@archiviststoolkit.org. We expect to have those guidelines in place in the very near future.

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