# Getting Started

Your first step to get openPASS up and running is the installation. You can install the openPASS simulator on Windows and Linux.

The installation manual is structured as follows:

Setting up your system

- Installing Prerequisites contains instructions for installing the thirdparty software required by openPASS

Installation of the simulator

- Installing OpenPASS describes how to compile and run openPASS once all prerequisites are installed

Run a default simulation

- Tutorials shows how to run your first simulations

Further guidance

- CMake Variables and Options holds information about available variables and options for the cross-platform build environment CMake

- Working with Qt Creator describes the basic setup for QtCreator

- Working with Visual Studio Code describes the basic setup for Visual Studio Code

- Custom Protobuf Build shows how to compile different versions of Protobuf and hook it into the openPASS build