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# Installation
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Beacon chain can run on Linux, macOS, Windows, and Android. At the moment, Nimbus has to be built from source.
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## External Dependencies
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- Developer tools (C compiler, Make, Bash, Git)
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- PCRE
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Nim is not an external dependency, Nimbus will build its own local copy.
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## Linux
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On common Linux distributions the dependencies can be installed with:
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```sh
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# Debian and Ubuntu
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sudo apt-get install build-essential git libpcre3-dev
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# Fedora
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dnf install @development-tools pcre
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# Archlinux, using an AUR manager for pcre-static
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yourAURmanager -S base-devel pcre-static
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```
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### macOS
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Assuming you use [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) to manage packages
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```sh
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brew install pcre
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```
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### Windows
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You can install the developer tools by following the instruction in our [Windows dev environment section](./advanced.md#windows-dev-environment).
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It also provides a downloading script for prebuilt PCRE.
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### Android
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- Install the [Termux](https://termux.com) app from FDroid or the Google Play store
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- Install a [PRoot](https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/PRoot) of your choice following the instructions for your preferred distribution.
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Note, the Ubuntu PRoot is known to contain all Nimbus prerequisites compiled on Arm64 architecture (common architecture for Android devices).
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_Assuming Ubuntu PRoot is used_
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```sh
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apt install build-essential git libpcre3-dev
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```
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## Next steps
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Once you've installed build tools, you're ready to move on to launching the beacon node and becoming a [validator](./validator.md)
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