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# Getting Started

This guide is broken into five parts:

+ [Acquiring an Urbit Identity](#acquire)
+ [Using Bridge](#bridge)
+ [Installing Arvo](#arvo)
+ [Booting Your Ship](#boot)
+ [Basic Operations](#operation)

_If you just want to install the Urbit OS, Arvo, and don't need to be on the
Urbit network, you can skip to [Installing Arvo](#arvo)._

;=
  ;h2
    ;div(id "acquire"): Acquiring an Urbit Identity
  ==
==

Urbit's identity layer, called Azimuth, is a suite of contracts on the Ethereum
blockchain. An Azimuth address, called a *point*, functions as an identity and
a network address for Arvo, the Urbit OS. An instance of Arvo is called a
*ship*. A ship can't use the Arvo network until it's combined with a point.

Throughout this guide, we'll refer to \"Urbit identities\" and \"points\"
interchangeably.

Points are generally not freely available, so you will need to either
purchase one or get one from a friend. This guide assumes you have found a way
to acquire a point.

If you went through the address registration process and used [Wallet Generator](https://github.com/urbit/urbit-wallet-generator),
then you should have have received a .zip file that contains an Ethereum address
and cryptographic secrets in the form of a PDF.

Your ownership PDF contains two secrets that must be kept safe.

- *Master Ticket*: This is a master key that allows you to manage every aspect of
  your address.

- *Ownership Seed BIP39 Mnemonic*: The master ticket encoded as a BIP39 mnemonic
  for compatibility with most Ethereum wallet software, including our own *Bridge*
  client.

;=
  ;h2
    ;div(id "bridge"): Using Bridge
  ==
==

Bridge is a client that we built for accessing and managing your Urbit identities.
Like Wallet Generator, Bridge is a web application that can also be run in offline mode.
It can be run in Firefox on all platforms, and also in Chrome if you're using
a Mac.

Importantly, Bridge also allows you to generate a keyfile that

you will need to boot your ship on the Arvo network for the first time. Once you boot a ship
with a keyfile, you can restart it later without the keyfile.

*Note* Bridge allows you to make _writes_ to the blockchain, but we ask you to confirm
anything that will incur a transaction cost. If you plan to do anything heavy-duty, make
sure your Ethereum address has some pocket ETH.

Download Bridge [here](https://github.com/urbit/bridge/releases) and follow
the instructions below.

#### Step 1: Welcome

Click `Unlock a Wallet`.

#### Step 2: Select a Network

On the dropdown menu, make sure that `Main Network` is selected. Then click
`Continue ->`.

#### Step 3: Unlock a Wallet

On this dropdown menu, choose how you'd like to access your Ethereum wallet.
If you aren't using a hardware wallet (we support Ledger and Trezor), you'll
want to use your Ethereum wallet's BIP39 Mnemonic.

If you used Wallet Generator to generate an HD wallet, you have a few choices:
you can choose `Urbit Master Ticket,` which is high-value, but allows you unfettered
permissions to update your point. The mnemonic associated with your management
seed is also useful to perform everyday operations (such as boot your ship!).

Select the appropriate option and click `Continue ->`.

#### Step 4: (optional) Accept Your Transfer

If you were sent a point by a friend, then you should see a graphic under
`Incoming Transfers`. Click the `Details ->` link under that graphic.

Now you'll be on the management page of your point. The transfer isn't completed
yet, so click `Accept incoming transfer`. Then check both boxes and and click
their associated `Sign Transaction` and `Send Transaction` buttons.

If you already own a point, then click on the `Details ->` under your sigil in the
`Your Points` section.

#### Step 5: (optional) Set Your Networking Keys

If you just accepted a point, you'll be returned to your point screen. Notice that
that links and buttons are now clickable. You now own this point!

Click the link that says `Generate Urbit networking keys`. Bridge will let you either
download a keyfile derived from your networking keys are you can paste in your own
network seed and derive a new keyfile. See our
[HD Wallet Spec](https://github.com/urbit/proposals/blob/master/proposals/8.md)
for more information.

#### Step 6: Generate Your Keyfile

From the detail page associated with your point, click the `Generate Arvo Keyfile`
button and you'll be taken to a page with a field titled `Network seed`. If you went
through the address registration process, this should be filled in already.
Click `Generate ->`, which will download a keyfile onto your machine.

With that keyfile in hand, you can now exit Bridge.

;=
  ;h2
    ;div(id "arvo"): Installing Arvo
  ==
==

Now you're ready to run Arvo. You're almost there!

But first, some terminology:
- `vere` or `urbit`: the interpreter that runs when you run a command like `urbit` or `/bin/urbit` in your command line
- `arvo`: the deterministic OS that lives in a directory whose name matches your Azimuth point, ie `~famreb-todmec` lives in `/famreb-todmec`

Arvo runs nicely on a Unix-like operating system -- Ubuntu,
Fedora, macOS, and FreeBSD, for example. If you're using Windows, you'll need
to get one of the aforementioned systems. Don't worry: most of them are free.

We have different installation instructions for different platforms. To install
and run Arvo, run the commands that are listed for your operating system.

On any platform, you can check your Arvo installation by running the `urbit`
command. Installation was successful if you get a block of output that begins
with the line below:

```
Urbit: a personal server operating function
```

### Dependencies

Urbit depends on:


```
C compiler (gcc or clang)
curses
git
gmp
libcurl
libsigsegv
libuv
meson
ninja
openssl
pkg-config
python2
zlib
```

### Instructions

#### MacOS

We recommend using the Homebrew package manager to run Arvo on MacOS.

```
# Bash

brew update
brew install gcc git gmp libsigsegv libtool meson ninja pkg-config python2 openssl
git clone https://github.com/urbit/urbit
cd urbit
./scripts/bootstrap
./scripts/build
sudo ninja -C ./build/ meson-install
urbit
```

#### Ubuntu or Debian

```
# Bash

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install g++ git libcurl4-gnutls-dev libgmp3-dev libncurses5-dev libsigsegv-dev libssl-dev make openssl pkg-config python python3 python3-pip zlib1g-dev
sudo -H pip3 install --upgrade pip
sudo -H pip3 install meson==0.29

# we need ninja 1.5.1
# 'apt-get install ninja-build' gives us 0.1.3
# 'apt-get install ninja-build' gives us 1.3.4
#
git clone git://github.com/ninja-build/ninja.git
pushd ninja
  git checkout release
  ./configure.py --bootstrap
  sudo cp ./ninja /usr/local/bin
popd

git clone https://github.com/urbit/urbit
cd urbit
./scripts/bootstrap
./scripts/build
sudo ninja -C ./build/ install
urbit
```

#### Fedora

```
# Bash

sudo yum upgrade
sudo yum install autoconf automake cmake ctags gcc gcc-c++ git gmp-devel libcurl-devel libsigsegv-devel libtool ncurses-devel ninja-build openssl openssl-devel pkgconfig python2 python3 ragel re2c wget

# meson requires python 3.5; RHEL supplies wrong version
pushd /usr/src
  sudo wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.5.5/Python-3.5.5.tgz
  sudo tar xzf Python-3.5.5.tgz
  cd Python-3.5.5
  sudo ./configure --enable--optimizations
  sudo make altinstall
  which python3.5
  cd /usr/local/bin
  sudo ln -s python3.5 python3
  hash python3
popd

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
sudo /usr/local/bin/python3 get-pip.py
# downgrade meson to avoid dependencies that redhat can't meet
sudo -H /usr/local/bin/pip3 install meson==0.29


git clone git://github.com/ninja-build/ninja.git && cd ninja
git checkout release
./configure.py --boostrap
sudo cp ./ninja /usr/local/bin

git clone https://github.com/urbit/urbit
cd urbit
./scripts/bootstrap
./scripts/build
sudo /usr/local/bin/ninja -C ./build/ install
urbit
```

#### Arch Linux

```
# Bash

sudo pacman -Syu
sudo pacman -S curl gcc git gmp libsigsegv ncurses ninja openssl python
curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
sudo python3 get-pip.py
git clone https://github.com/urbit/urbit
cd urbit
./scripts/bootstrap
./scripts/build
sudo ninja -C ./build/ meson-install
urbit
```

##### FreeBSD

```
# Bash or Sh

pkg upgrade
sudo pkg install curl gcc git gmake gmp libsigsegv python python3 ncurses openssl gmp
curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
sudo python3 get-pip.py
sudo -H pip install --upgrade pip
sudo -H pip install meson
sudo pkg install ninja
git clone https://github.com/urbit/urbit
cd urbit
sh ./scripts/bootstrap
sh ./scripts/build
sudo ninja -C ./build/ meson-install
urbit
```

##### Amazon Web Services

```
# Bash

sudo yum update
sudo yum install gcc gcc-c++ git gmp-devel libcurl-devel libsigsegv-devel ncurses-devel openssl openssl-devel pkgconfig python2 python3 python3-pip wget git
sudo env "PATH=$PATH" pip3 install --upgrade pip
sudo env "PATH=$PATH" pip3 install meson


# we need libsigsegv
#

wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/25/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/l/libsigsegv-2.10-10.fc24.x86_64.rpm
wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/25/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/l/libsigsegv-devel-2.10-10.fc24.x86_64.rpm
sudo yum localinstall libsigsegv-2.10-10.fc24.x86_64.rpm
sudo yum localinstall libsigsegv-devel-2.10-10.fc24.x86_64.rpm

git clone git://github.com/ninja-build/ninja.git
pushd ninja
  git checkout release
  ./configure.py --bootstrap
  sudo cp ./ninja /usr/local/bin
popd


git clone https://github.com/urbit/urbit
cd urbit
./scripts/bootstrap
./scripts/build
sudo env "PATH=$PATH" ninja -C ./build/ install

urbit
```

### Using a Fake Ship

Perhaps you want to boot a ship without an identity. We recommend doing that
for development purposes, or if you just want to play around with an
un-networked ship without getting a point. You can now use
the command of the scheme below to boot a fake `~zod`.

```
urbit -F zod
```

If you want to get on the Arvo network with your point, then continue to the
next section.


;=
  ;h2
    ;div(id "boot"): Booting Your Ship
  ==
==


Now the rubber meets the road. You'll be booting your ship with the keyfile
that you downloaded from Bridge.

#### Step 1: Find Your Point's Name

This will look something like `~lodleb-ritrul`. You can see the name of your
point(s) when you log into your wallet using the Bridge client.

;img@"http://media.urbit.org/site/bridge-0.png"(width "100%");

#### Step 2: Find the path to your keyfile

Find the absolute path to the keyfile that you downloaded from Bridge. Copy it.

#### Step 3: Run the boot command

Type `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.

Run the command below, except with `~sample-planet` replaced by the name of your
Urbit identity, and `path/to/my-planet.key` replaced with the path to your
keyfile:

```
urbit -w ~sample-planet -k path/to/my-planet.key
```

Or, if you'd prefer to copy your key in, you can run:

```
urbit -w ~sample-planet -G rAnDoMkEy
```

Either command will create a directory called `sample-planet/` and begin
building your ship. It may take a few minutes.

When your ship is finished booting, you will see the `~sample-planet:dojo>`
prompt. At that point, you should permanently erase your keyfile from your
machine.

;=
  ;h2
    ;div(id "operation"): Basic Operations
  ==
==

Welcome to your urbit! There's a few things you should do to become oriented.

#### Dojo

Let's try out the Dojo, the Arvo command line and Hoon REPL:

```
~sample-planet:dojo> (add 2 2)
```

Should produce:

```
> (add 2 2)
4
```

Good.

#### Mounting

Clay, the Arvo filesystem, isn't mounted to Unix by default. Switch to the Dojo
prompt and run:

```
~sample-planet:dojo> |mount %
```

This should produce:
```
> |mount %
>=
```

which indicates that the command was processed.

`|mount %` will cause a `home/` directory to appear inside your _pier_ folder in
Unix (the "pier" is our shorthand for the directory whose name corresponds to your Azimuth point). Changes to these files are automatically synced into your ship.


#### Talk

Use `ctrl-x` to toggle between the Dojo and the Talk prompts.

While on the Talk prompt, let's join the main Urbit support chat channel, `/urbit-help`:

```
~sample-planet:talk[] ;join /urbit-help
```

Talk is stateful, so your ship will download a backlog. `/urbit-help` is the
place to ask questions about getting up and running.

#### Shutting Down and Restarting

You can turn your ship off with `ctrl-d` from the Talk or Dojo prompts.

To restart your ship, simply pass the name of your pier:

```
$ urbit some-planet
```