The client can be downloaded, precompiled and ready to run. DC++ only runs on Windows NT based operating systems such as Windows 2000 or Windows XP. If you run Windows 95, 98, or ME, you can try version 0.699, but your experience may not be the same.
If you have experience in C++ programming, the source code for DC++ is also available. To compile DC++, you will need tools from MinGW. For versions prior to 0.700, the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 ( 0.699 ) or Microsoft Visual Studio 2003 ( <= 0.698 ) is required. Although DC++ is free, Microsoft Visual Studio is not, so in order to compile these versions you will need to purchase a license. Refer to compile.txt in the source package for more information.
DC++ is distributed with language files included. By default it will use the language specified in Windows locale settings. You can change it in Settings → Appearance → Language. You can help translating DC++ to your own language using a web based translating interface.
DC++ comes with three files:
A general Windows Installer that sets up DC++ for your immediate usage ( into your Program Files folder, with shortcuts and everything ), this file is of the form DCPlusPlus-???.exe
A general binary archive that can be unzipped anywhere and used right away ( without any shortcuts or registry information ), this file is of the form DCPlusPlus-???.zip
And an archive with the source code, this is the actual source that is used for compiling and creating the executable that is distributed in the other packages. Usually you don't need this unless you are an experienced programmer and want to see how the source code looks like, this file is of the form DCPlusPlus-???-src.zip
Released March 06, 2009
The language files are useful only for versions prior to 0.705. 0.705 and further versions use GNU Gettext and the language files are already included in it's distribution