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+# Executable Dependencies
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+The files needed to cut spectrograms and audio files are prepackaged in windows. They are included in the subdirectories below.
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+On linux, these packages are installed via apt-get from the `install_console_audio_tools.sh` script.
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+It is important the version numbers stay the same.
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+If you change the version of one of these dependencies, be sure to update both the linux and windows versions by
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+* In linux, updating the specific version required in the `install_console_audio_tools.sh` script
+* In windows, downloading and adding the correct files for the version into the appropriate subfolder
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