# Installation guide¶

We have tested the software with Matlab versions from 2012b to 2015b. You will also need the Signal Processing toolbox. Currently the Statistics toolbox is also required for some plotting functions, but we expect to remove this dependency in a future release.

When stored on your PC, you should add the main folder to your Matlab path and then run the startTwoEars function, which will add the necessary sub-folders. From within the main folder do the following:

>> addpath(pwd)
>> startTwoEars


When you are planning to use the Binaural simulator module you have to prepare the following things:

• Linux/Mac: install the packages make, g++ (at least version 4.7.3), libsndfile1-dev, libxml2-dev, libfftw3-dev. Under Linux use your native package manager, e.g. apt-get, aptitude, yum. Under Mac you may use Homebrew or MacPorts to install the packages.
• Windows: add TwoEarsDir\BinauralSimulator\src\mex\dll folder to PATH environment variable (HOWTO).

We have experienced some issues regarding the precompiled *.mex binaries on some machines. If you get error messages related to the *.mex files, please remove the directory of your PATH again, if you are using Windows. Try to compile the mex binaries by yourself using the tutorial given in Advanced installation.

Now everything is setup and you can use the model. We suggest that you start by trying one of the examples provided:

>> cd examples/localisation_w_and_wo_head_movements
>> localise;