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Expand Up @@ -36,6 +36,18 @@ In addition to the GMT installer, you also need to download and install
[GraphicsMagick](http://www.graphicsmagick.org/) if you want to create
animated GIFs.

**NOTE:**
At the installation step, you may get the warning message:

> Warning! Failed to add GMT to PATH. Please add the GMT bin path to PATH manually.

Usually it means your system variable **PATH** is already too long and the GMT
installer can't add its path to the variable. As it says, you need to ignore
the warning message, and then manually add the GMT bin path
(e.g., `C:\programs\gmt6`) to **PATH** after finishing the installation.
If you don't know how to manually modify **PATH**, just search Google for
"How to change windows path variable".

## macOS

### Application Bundle
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