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# Development environment installation
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## Requirements
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The Zulip development environment can be installed on **macOS,
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Windows, and Linux** (Ubuntu recommended). You'll need at least **2GB
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of available RAM**.
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Installing the Zulip development environment requires downloading several hundred
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megabytes of dependencies, so you will need an **active, reasonably fast,
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internet connection throughout the entire installation processes.** You can
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[configure a proxy][configure-proxy] if you need one.
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## Recommended setup (Vagrant)
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**For first-time contributors on macOS, Windows, and Ubuntu, we recommend using
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the [Vagrant development environment][install-vagrant]**.
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This method creates a virtual machine (for Windows and macOS) or a Linux
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container (for Ubuntu) inside which the Zulip server and all related services
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will run. Vagrant adds a bit of overhead to using the Zulip development server, but
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provides an isolated environment that is easy to install, update, and
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uninstall. It has been well-tested and performs well.
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## Advanced setup (non-Vagrant)
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For more experienced contributors, or for first-time contributors who don't
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want to or can't use Vagrant, Zulip supports a wide range of ways to install
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the Zulip development environment on **macOS and Linux (Ubuntu
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recommended)**:
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* On **Ubuntu** 16.04 Xenial and 14.04 Trusty, you can easily **[install
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without using Vagrant][install-direct]**.
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* On **other Linux** distributions, you'll need to follow slightly different
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instructions to **[install manually][install-generic]**.
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* On **macOS and Linux** (Ubuntu recommended), you can install **[using
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Docker][install-docker]**, though support for this remains experimental.
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Unfortunately, the only supported method to install on Windows is the [Vagrant
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method][install-vagrant].
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## Slow internet connections
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If you have a very slow network connection, however, you may want to avoid
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using Vagrant (which involves downloading an Ubuntu virtual machine or Linux
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Container) and either [install directly][install-direct] on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial
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or 14.04 Trust, or use [the manual install process][install-generic] instead.
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These options only support Linux.
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An alternative option if you have poor network connectivity is to rent a cloud
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server and install the Zulip development environment for remote use. See [next
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section][self-install-remote] for details.
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## Installing remotely
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The Zulip development environment works well on remote virtual
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machines. This can be a good alternative for those with poor network
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connectivity or who have limited storage/memory on their local
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machines.
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We recommend giving the Zulip development environment its **own virtual machine**, running
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**Ubuntu 14.04 or 16.04**, with at least **2GB of memory**.
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If the Zulip development environment will be the only thing running on
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the remote virtual machine, we recommend installing
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[directly][install-direct]. Otherwise, we recommend the
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[Vagrant][install-vagrant] method so you can easily uninstall if you
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need to.
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If you want to run a non-Ubuntu distribution, follow the [generic Linux
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directions][install-generic].
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## Next steps
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Once you've installed the Zulip development environment, you'll want
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to read these documents to learn how to use it:
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* [Using the Development Environment][using-dev-env]
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* [Testing][testing] (and [Configuring Travis CI][travis-ci])
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And if you've setup the Zulip development environment on a remote
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machine, take a look at our tips for
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[developing remotely][dev-remote].
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[dev-remote]: dev-remote.html
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[install-direct]: dev-setup-non-vagrant.html#installing-directly-on-ubuntu
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[install-docker]: dev-setup-non-vagrant.html#using-docker-experimental
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[install-generic]: dev-setup-non-vagrant.html#installing-manually-on-linux
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[install-vagrant]: dev-env-first-time-contributors.html
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[self-install-remote]: #installing-remotely
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[self-slow-internet]: #slow-internet-connections
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[configure-proxy]: dev-env-first-time-contributors.html#specifying-a-proxy
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[using-dev-env]: using-dev-environment.html
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[testing]: testing.html
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[travis-ci]: git-guide.html#step-3-configure-travis-ci-continuous-integration
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