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The INSTALLATION.md was not describing the best and easiest method

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The download contains a single executable, named with the Godot Engine version.
This file needs to renamed `godot` and placed in one of the `$PATH` directories.
After completing the installation, you can verify if the CLI was installed successfully by running this command in a terminal:
The download contains a zip folder with two executables, both named with the Godot Engine version.

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When I download it, I get a tar file with one executable. This might be platform dependent.

Which is the "first" executable? Does that depend on my file explorer sort options?

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Does "first" depend on the file explorer sort option?
Does the Linux tar file have two files? What about the Mac file?

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My newest commit changed it to say "For Windows" above

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"First" is not a useful way to differentiate the two files, since they can be sorted many ways. Can you use the file name to identify the correct file?

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The Godot Engine can be downloaded directly from [the Godot Engine website][download].
The download contains a single executable, named with the Godot Engine version.
This file needs to renamed `godot` and placed in one of the `$PATH` directories.

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The binary needs to be in the search path and the godot command needs to work in order to run tests.

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I thought it was JUST for installation?

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The install steps should explain how to get their machine set up so that exercism test will run successfully. This requires a godot executable to be in the system path.

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Err...

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@IsaacG I was using the standard way
(Go and watch the tutorial)

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@IsaacG I was using the standard way (Go and watch the tutorial)

What makes one way more "standard" than another? I was following what we do in the Dockerfile.

Whichever way you were doing it, please make sure to respond directly to all of my comments.

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@IsaacG It is easier, and it is recommended by Godot.
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Besides, are we installing the engine itself or a GDScript script somewhere else

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This push changed English, so ready-to-translate has come off and any queued translation is withdrawn.

A maintainer: please re-apply ready-to-translate once the copy is final. That queues the translation at the PR's head commit.

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The instructions are how to install the GoDot engine so that people can run the GDScript tests locally.
Kindly address my open comments directly.

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What is stopping us from making a plugin for this?

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OR should we just list both methods

Updated installation instructions for Godot Engine on Windows, including renaming the executable and verifying installation.
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