# Contributing

The information in this page is primarily for those who wish to contribute to the c2patool project itself, rather than those who simply wish to use it as a tool.  For general contribution guidelines, see [CONTRIBUTING.md](../../CONTRIBUTING.md).

## Building from source

To build the project from source, enter these commands:

```shell
cargo install c2patool
```

To build the tool on a Windows machine, you need to install the [7zip](https://www.7-zip.org/) tool.

> [!NOTE]
> If you encounter errors installing, you may need to update your Rust installation by entering this command:

```
rustup update
```
