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@@ -18,6 +18,24 @@ python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
 python3 -m manim example_scenes.py SquareToCircle -pl
 ```
 
+### Directly (Windows)
+1. [Install FFmpeg](https://www.wikihow.com/Install-FFmpeg-on-Windows).
+2. Install Cairo. Download the wheel from https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#pycairo. For most users, ``pycairo‑1.18.0‑cp37‑cp37m‑win32.whl`` will do fine.
+    ```sh
+    pip3 install C:\path\to\wheel\pycairo‑1.18.0‑cp37‑cp37m‑win32.whl
+    ```
+3. Install a LaTeX distibution. [MiKTeX](https://miktex.org/download) is recommended.
+
+4. [Install SoX](https://sourceforge.net/projects/sox/files/sox/).
+
+5. Install the remaining Python packages. Make sure that ``pycairo==1.17.1`` is changed to ``pycairo==1.18.0`` in requirements.txt.
+    ```sh
+    git clone https://github.com/3b1b/manim.git
+    cd manim
+    pip3 install -r requirements.txt
+    python3 manim.py example_scenes.py SquareToCircle -pl
+    ```
+
 ### Using `virtualenv` and `virtualenvwrapper`
 After installing `virtualenv` and `virtualenvwrapper`
 ```sh