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# Install instructions
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To install and run Urbit please follow the instructions at
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[urbit.org/docs/using/install](http://urbit.org/docs/using/install). Packages
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and source tarballs are available there. You'll be on the live network in a few
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minutes.
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If you're doing development on Urbit, keep reading.
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# Build instructions
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## External dependencies
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`vere`, the Urbit virtual machine, depends on the following:
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- C compiler ([gcc](https://gcc.gnu.org) or [clang](http://clang.llvm.org))
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- [GNU Make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/)
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- [GMP](https://gmplib.org)
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- [CMake](https://cmake.org)
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- [libuv](https://libuv.org) 1.x
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- [OpenSSL](https://www.openssl.org)
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- [libsigsegv](https://www.gnu.org/software/libsigsegv/)
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- [libcurl](https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/)
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- curses implementation (ncurses on Linux distributions, OS curses otherwise)
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- [Ragel](https://www.colm.net/open-source/ragel/)
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- [re2c](http://re2c.org)
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Most of these dependencies are unfortunate; we aim to drastically shrink the
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list in upcoming versions. `vere` proper makes use of GMP, OpenSSL, libcurl, and
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libsigsegv. The multiple build tools are a result of bundled libraries, slated
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for future unbundling or removal wherever possible.
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## Building
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Our Makefile should handle the build smoothly on all supported platforms. It's
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just a simple Makefile, written by hand for GNU Make, and the most complicated
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parts of its internal machinery have to do with the varied build systems of the
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bundled libraries.
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Useful targets are the default `all`, `clean`, and `distclean`. The last may not
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produce an entirely clean distribution directory, and runs a bundled library's
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configure script; `git clean` may be a better option.
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The `vere` binary is produced in `bin/urbit`.
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## Contact
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If you have any questions, problems, patches, or proposals for patches, please
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feel free to get in touch in whatever way is most convenient:
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- Post to `/urbit-meta` on Urbit `:talk`. (You can do this via
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[urbit.org/stream](https://urbit.org/stream) without a running Urbit).
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- Post to [urbit.org/fora](https://urbit.org/fora/).
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- Email us directly [questions@urbit.org](mailto:questions@urbit.org).
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