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Installation Instructions
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.. highlight:: sh

After downloading the latest stable version of Crate Data from
https://crate.io/downloads/ the package needs to be unpacked::

   sh$ tar zxf crate-*.tar.gz

Now Cate can be started in the foreground like this::

   sh$ ./bin/crate

In order to start in the background add the `-d` option. If started in the
foreground you can use Control-C to stop the process again.

.. Note::

 Crate Data needs a working Java_ >= 1.7 installation in order to run.

.. seealso::

 :doc:`Configuring Crate Data <configuration>`

.. _Java: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

