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layout: "intro"
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page_title: "Install Vagrant - Getting Started"
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sidebar_current: "gettingstarted-install"
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description: |-
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Installing Vagrant is extremely easy. Head over to the Vagrant downloads page
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and get the appropriate installer or package for your platform. Install the
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package using standard procedures for your operating system.
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---
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# Install Vagrant
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Vagrant must first be installed on the machine you want to run it on. To make
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installation easy, Vagrant is distributed as a [binary package](/downloads.html)
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for all supported platforms and architectures. This page will not cover how to
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compile Vagrant from source, as that is covered in the
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[README](https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant/blob/master/README.md) and is only
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recommended for advanced users.
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## Installing Vagrant
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To install Vagrant, first find the [appropriate package](/downloads.html) for
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your system and download it. Vagrant is packaged as an operating-specific
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package. Run the installer for your system. The installer will automatically add
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`vagrant` to your system path so that it is available in terminals. If it is not
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found, please try logging out and logging back in to your system (this is
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particularly necessary sometimes for Windows).
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## Verifying the Installation
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After installing Vagrant, verify the installation worked by opening a new command prompt or console, and checking that `vagrant` is available:
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```text
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$ vagrant
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Usage: vagrant [options] <command> [<args>]
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-v, --version Print the version and exit.
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-h, --help Print this help.
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# ...
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```
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## Caveats
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~> **Beware of system package managers!** Some operating system distributions
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include a vagrant package in their upstream package repos. Please do not install
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Vagrant in this manner. Typically these packages are missing dependencies or
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include very outdated versions of Vagrant. If you install via your system's
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package manager, it is very likely that you will experience issues. Please use
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the official installers on the downloads page.
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## Next Steps
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You have successfully downloaded and installed Vagrant! Read on to learn about
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[setting up your first Vagrant project](/intro/getting-started/project_setup.html).
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