03 Building & Installation
The easiest way to use Rubberduck is to download the latest installer from our releases page. If you want to contribute to the project, however, you will need to take a few steps to ensure a successful build.
If you don't have the full office suite, you may need to download and install the Microsoft Office Primary Interop Assemblies(PIAs).
Rubberduck is a COM Add-In, so it needs to be registered with the VBA Editor. There are several other components that need to be registered as well. All of the necessary registry keys are stored in one of two files in the root directory of the project.
- For the 32 bit version of Office use the Rubberduck_x86.reg file.
- For the 64 bit version of Office use the Rubberduck_x64.reg file.
In order to be configurable, you will also need to create a Rubberduck directory in your roaming profile, and copy the default configuration file (rubberduck.config) from the resources directory into that new directory. Note that if you use the installer, this directory and file are installed along with the add-in.
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Rubberduck\rubberduck.config
##System Requirements
- Windows Vista, 7, or 8
- .Net Framework 4.5
- Microsoft Office
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