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2title = "Install + Setup"
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4description = "How to install Urbit."
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9Urbit is not yet ready for everyday users -- but if you're technically inclined or generally intrepid, feel free to try it out. It's a good place to explore.
11In order to get going on the network, you'll need an [Urbit ID](#id). To try the live network out with a disposable identity, you can always [create a comet](@/using/operations/creating-a-comet.md).
13## Getting an Urbit ID {#id}
15For an introduction to Urbit IDs and the address space more generally, see [Urbit ID](@/understanding-urbit/urbit-id.md) in [Understanding Urbit](@/understanding-urbit/_index.md).
17While Tlon does not currently sell or distribute Urbit IDs, there are still a few ways to get your own Urbit ID:
19- Getting an invitation from a friend
20- Purchasing an Urbit ID from a third party, such as [urbit.live](https://urbit.live) or [OpenSea](https://opensea.io).
22Tlon occasionally selects candidates to distribute invitations, and users operating galaxies and stars can spawn and distribute a finite number of stars and planets, respectively.
24## Install Urbit {#urbit}
26The Urbit binary runs nicely on a Unix-like operating system – Ubuntu, Fedora, or macOS, for example. If you're using Windows, you'll need to get one of the aforementioned systems. But first, some terminology:
28- `vere` or `urbit`: the interpreter that runs when you run a command like `./urbit` in your command line
29- `arvo`: the deterministic OS that lives in a directory whose name matches your Urbit ID, i.e. `~famreb-todmec` lives in `/famreb-todmec`
31We have different installation instructions for different platforms. To install and run Arvo, the Urbit operating system, and its binary, run the commands that are listed for your operating system.
33You can check your Arvo installation on any platform by running the `./urbit` command. Installation was successful if you get a block of output that begins with the line below:
35```
36Urbit: a personal server operating function
37```
39### macOS
41We provide static binaries for macOS. You can grab the latest stable release as follows:
43```sh
44curl -O https://bootstrap.urbit.org/urbit-darwin-v0.9.1.tgz
45tar xzf urbit-darwin-v0.9.1.tgz
46./urbit
47```
49### Linux (64-bit)
51We also provide static binaries for 64-bit Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Arch, etc.). You can get the latest stable release similarly:
53```sh
54curl -O https://bootstrap.urbit.org/urbit-linux64-v0.9.1.tgz
55tar xzf urbit-linux64-v0.9.1.tgz
56./urbit
57```
59To access your Urbit via HTTP on port 80 on Ubuntu, you may need to run the following:
61```sh
62sudo apt-get install libcap2-bin
63sudo setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /path/to/urbit
64```
66### Compile from source
68If you want to compile from source, see the [instructions on GitHub](https://github.com/urbit/urbit#development).
70### About swap space
72If you're running Urbit in the cloud on a small instance, you may need to additionally configure swap space. If you're not, you can safely ignore this section.
74Urbit wants to map 2GB of memory when it boots up. It won’t necessarily use all this memory, it just wants to see it. On a normal modern PC or Mac, or on a large cloud virtual machine, this is not an issue. On some small cloud virtual machines (Amazon or Digital Ocean) the default memory configuration is smaller than this, and you need to manually configure a swapfile.
76Digital Ocean has a post on adding swap [here](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-add-swap-space-on-ubuntu-16-04). For Amazon there’s a StackOverflow thread [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17173972/how-do-you-add-swap-to-an-ec2-instance).
78## Booting your ship
80Now the rubber meets the road. You'll be booting your ship with the keyfile that you [downloaded from Bridge](@/using/operations/using-bridge.md).
82Note that this section is only for booting a ship that uses the live Arvo network. If you just want to create an unnetworked ship for development purposes, read [this guide](@/using/develop.md#creating-a-development-ship) instead.
84### Step 1: Find Your Urbit ID
86This will look something like `~lodleb-ritrul`. You can see the name of your Urbit ID when you log into your wallet using the Bridge client.
88### Step 2: Find the path to your keyfile
90Find the absolute path to the keyfile that you downloaded from Bridge. Copy it.
92### Step 3: Run the boot command
94Type `cd` in your terminal to return to your home directory. If you want to store your ship somewhere besides your home directory, change the terminal's working directory to the desired directory.
96Run the command below, except with `sampel-palnet` replaced by the name of your
97Urbit identity, and `path/to/my-planet.key` replaced with the path to your keyfile:
99```
100./urbit -w sampel-palnet -k path/to/my-planet.key
101```
103Or, if you'd prefer to copy your key in, you can run:
105```
106./urbit -w sampel-palnet -G rAnDoMkEy
107```
109Either command will create a directory called `sampel-palnet/` and begin building your ship. It may take a few minutes.
111When your ship is finished booting, you will see the `~sampel-palnet:dojo>` prompt. At that point, you should permanently erase your keyfile from your machine.
113## The Dojo
115Welcome to your ship! Let's try our first command in the Dojo, the Arvo command line and Hoon REPL, to get oriented.
117Type `(add 2 2)` into the Dojo. You should see the following:
119```
120~sampel-palnet:dojo> (add 2 2)
121```
123When you press Enter, you should see this:
125```
126> (add 2 2)
128```
130Good, your Dojo is working correctly.