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{{Outdated}} So you want to help out with testing, and your next question is, "How do
I get started?"
So you want to help out with testing, and your next question is, "How do I get started?" ## Get your testing environment up and running
{{Launchpad}} ### Nightly builds
{{Mailing_List}} There are regular nightly builds which you can use for testing. These
are found on the [OpenLP download
page](http://openlp.org/download#nightly-builds).
{{IRC}} ### Development setup
==Get your testing environment up and running== For the more adventurous, you can run OpenLP 2.0 from the source code.
===Nightly builds=== You'll need to install Python 3, Qt4, and the
There are regular nightly builds which you can use for testing. These are found on the [http://openlp.org/download#nightly-builds OpenLP download page]. [PyQt4](http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/intro) Python
bindings for Qt4. You'll also need the
[Bazaar](http://bazaar.canonical.com) client in order to check out the
latest code. Read through more detailed instructions on the
[Linux](Testing:Linux_Testing_Environment "wikilink"), [Mac OS
X](Testing:Mac_OS_X_Testing_Environment "wikilink") and
[Windows](Testing:Windows_Testing_Environment "wikilink") pages.
===Development setup=== ## Run OpenLP\!
For the more adventurous, you can run OpenLP 2.0 from the source code. You'll need to install Python 3, Qt4, and the [http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/intro PyQt4] Python bindings for Qt4. You'll also need the [http://bazaar.canonical.com Bazaar] client in order to check out the latest code. Read through more detailed instructions on the [[Testing:Linux Testing Environment|Linux]], [[Testing:Mac OS X Testing Environment|Mac OS X]] and [[Testing:Windows Testing Environment|Windows]] pages.
{{Checkout_Code}} Finally, you'll want to run OpenLP. Open your command line and navigate
to where you checked out OpenLP, and then run the `openlp.py` file:
==Run OpenLP!== **Linux/Mac OS X**
Finally, you'll want to run OpenLP. Open your command line and navigate to where you checked out OpenLP, and then run the <tt>openlp.py</tt> file:
'''Linux/Mac OS X''' `./openlp.py`
./openlp.py **Windows**
'''Windows''' `python openlp.py`
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