# Download
## A. I want to download a packaged version
Packaged versions are the quickest to install, but they sometimes lag behind the
latest release, or provide only some of the hledger tools. (Packagers welcome!)
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| **Windows:** | Download and run the [latest development builds](developer-guide.html) (-> Appveyor CI)
| **Mac:** | `brew install hledger`
| **Debian, Ubuntu:** | `sudo apt install hledger hledger-ui hledger-web`
| **Fedora, RHEL:** | `sudo dnf install hledger`
| **Gentoo:** | `sudo layman -a haskell && sudo emerge hledger hledger-ui hledger-web`
| **NixOS:** | `nix-env -iA nixpkgs.haskellPackages.hledger \`
`nixpkgs.haskellPackages.hledger-ui \`
`nixpkgs.haskellPackages.hledger-web`
| **Sandstorm:** | [hledger-web Sandstorm app](https://apps.sandstorm.io/app/8x12h6p0x0nrzk73hfq6zh2jxtgyzzcty7qsatkg7jfg2mzw5n90) -> demo
(your own fully-functional private/public hledger-web instance in 3 clicks)
## B. I want to build the latest release
The latest release (see [release notes](release-notes.html)) is a good choice.
You have to build it, but that's pretty easy.
1. Install [`stack`](http://haskell-lang.org/get-started).
On Windows, the 64-bit version is [recommended](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues/275#issuecomment-123834252).
On Arch, you [may need to also install GHC manually](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues/434).\
(If you're a [`cabal`](https://www.haskell.org/cabal/) expert, feel free to use that instead, adapting these instructions appropriately.)
2. `stack install --resolver=nightly hledger [hledger-ui] [hledger-web] [hledger-api]`\
Note you don't type the square brackets; they mean "this bit is optional".
So eg if you don't care about the web tools, you would type `stack install --resolver=nightly hledger hledger-ui`\
On Windows, hledger-ui is [not yet available](https://github.com/coreyoconnor/vty/pull/1).\
If stack says you need to run `stack setup`, do that first.\
Warnings about "No packages found in snapshot which provide a "hsc2hs" executable" can be ignored.\
If required C libraries (like curses) are not installed, you might need to install those manually and try again, eg:
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| **Debian, Ubuntu:** | `sudo apt install libncurses5-dev`
| **Fedora, RHEL:** | `sudo dnf install ncurses-devel`
3. If stack warns that `~/.local/bin` (or the Windows equivalent) is not in `$PATH`, fix that.
Eg if you're a bash user:\
`echo "export PATH=$PATH:~/.local/bin" >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc`\
Now you can run `hledger --version`, `hledger-ui --version` etc.
## C. I want to build the development version
The [dev version](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/commits/master) includes not-yet-released features and is stable enough for daily use.
1. Install [`stack`](http://haskell-lang.org/get-started) (see above) and [git](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git)
2. `git clone http://code.hledger.org hledger`
3. `cd hledger`
4. `stack install`\
with the same caveats as mentioned above:
- if stack says you need to run `stack setup`, do that first,
- if building fails due to missing C libs, install those first
- if stack warns that `~/.local/bin` (or the Windows equivalent) is not in `$PATH`, fix that
- warnings about "No packages found in snapshot which provide a hsc2hs executable" can be ignored
Cabal users can use the `cabal-install.sh` or `cabal.project` files instead.
## D. I want to install all add-on commands
Some experimental commands are not built in to hledger, but
[included in the source](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/tree/master/bin) as
[add-on commands](http://hledger.org/hledger.html#add-on-commands), such as:\
`chart`,
`check-dates`,
`dupes`,
`equity`,
`print-unique`,
`register-match`,
`rewrite`.
To install these and make them available in hledger's commands list:
1. Install [`stack`](http://haskell-lang.org/get-started) and [git](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git) (see above)
2. `git clone http://code.hledger.org hledger` (as above)
3. `cd hledger`
4. `bin/compile.sh` (optional, makes them start faster)
5. add the hledger `bin/` directory to your `$PATH`
There is also a `hledger-autosync` symbolic link showing how to make
the [ledger-autosync](https://gitlab.com/egh/ledger-autosync) tool available
as a hledger command.
Other commands are published as separate packages:\
`hledger-diff`,
`hledger-iadd`,
`hledger-interest`,
`hledger-irr`.
Some are available in Stackage and can be installed with stack as in B above:
`stack install --resolver nightly hledger-iadd hledger-interest`
Others are available only on Hackage, so you must specify the Hackage version number. Eg:
`stack install hledger-diff-0.2.0.7 hledger-irr-0.1.1.10`
