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Installation Instructions
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.. highlight:: sh

After downloading the latest stable version of Crate from
http://download.cratedb.org/ the package needs to be unpacked::

   sh$ tar zxf crate-*.tar.gz

Now Cate can be started in the foreground like this::

   sh$ ./bin/crate -f

In order to start in the background omit the `-f` option. If started
in the foreground you can use Control-C to stop the process again.

.. Note::

 Crate needs a working Java_ >= 1.7 installation in order to run.

.. seealso::

 :doc:`Configuring Crate <configuration>`

.. _Java: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

