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id: installation
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title: Installation
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---
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There are currently two ways to get started with Ligo, both of those will allow you to use the Ligo CLI with your contracts. You can choose to use either a Docker image, or to compile & build the Ligo CLI yourself.
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## Dockerized installation (recommended)
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> 🐳 You can find instructions on how to install Docker [here](https://docs.docker.com/install/).
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It's easiest to use LIGO through one of its Docker images. You have two options,
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the first is to use our installation script to set up a globally available LIGO
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executable (see below). This manages the Docker bits for you. The second
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is to directly use the Docker image available at [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/ligolang/ligo).
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This lets you run multiple versions and keep your installation(s) self contained, but requires more familiarity with Docker.
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Sources for the image can be found on [Gitlab](https://gitlab.com/ligolang/ligo/blob/master/docker/Dockerfile).
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If this is your first time using Docker, you probably want to set up a global ligo executable as shown below.
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### Setting up a globally available `ligo` executable
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> You can install additional ligo versions by replacing `next` with the required version number
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```zsh
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# next (pre-release)
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curl https://gitlab.com/ligolang/ligo/raw/dev/scripts/installer.sh | bash -s "next"
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```
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<!--
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```
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# e.g. 1.0.0 (stable)
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curl https://gitlab.com/ligolang/ligo/raw/master/scripts/installer.sh | bash -s "1.0.0"
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```
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-->
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**Verify your ligo installation by running:**
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```zsh
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ligo --help
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```
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## Manual installation (advanced)
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For now, please refer to the steps described in the [Dockerfile](https://gitlab.com/ligolang/ligo/blob/master/docker/Dockerfile). |