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Urbit
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Urbit is a new programming and execution environment designed from scratch. Any
resemblance to existing languages or operating systems is coincidental,
cosmetic, or inevitable.
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There is a lot to explain. For more information, watch a [demo screencast][1]
and see the [Urbit website][2].
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System Requirements
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Currently we support OS X, Ubuntu, Debian, and Amazon Linux.
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Urbit depends on the following packages:
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- GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library
- OpenSSL
- libsigsegv
- ncurses
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Building Urbit
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See the [documentation][3] for instructions on building and running Urbit.
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[1]: http://vimeo.com/75312418
[2]: http://www.urbit.org/
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[3]: http://www.urbit.org/2013/11/18/urbit-is-easy-ch1.html